Just wondered if many ppl are running such a setup and weather it works well, do you notice any diff in running temperatures with part of the rad bin covered?
Just wondered if many ppl are running such a setup and weather it works well, do you notice any diff in running temperatures with part of the rad bin covered?
I did years ago now on my old 5. I could fit the oe grill in situ it would stick out at top by a few more mm but not enough to catch on bonnet or look odd. Seemed to work well never noticed any temp problem's I have a gap between the intercooler and rad of about 5mm, I also ran an external oil cooler aswell behind the bumper lower slats just out of the way of the bottom part of the rad ( I later put oil cooler in place of drivers side foglight)
Last edited by James5; 09-05-2013 at 08:16.
Cheers for pics mate that's great, the cooler I'm thinking of using is smaller than that so should fit ok, how did u find running temps?
never had any running temp problem's at all I ran the low temp stat and fan switch and even after a thrashing in the warm weather temps stayed good.Originally Posted by Andyturbo!
Pic with grill on
Nice one mate thanks for that, ill be using 2inch pipe work I think, did you have to move the rad back?
That's a JRP carI did years ago now on my old 5. I could fit the oe grill in situ it would stick out at top by a few more mm but not enough to catch on bonnet or look odd. Seemed to work well never noticed any temp problem's I have a gap between the intercooler and rad of about 5mm, I also ran an external oil cooler aswell behind the bumper lower slats just out of the way of the bottom part of the rad ( I later put oil cooler in place of drivers side foglight)
That one is indeed matey
Yeah I had to bodge the rad back a 5-6 mm at the top I first off bodged a couple of metal straight bar's to move rad back worked fine just didn't look to good so I got Pro Alloy to send me the alloy top bracket they used for there grill mount kit a little bit of moddying and it worked perfect and looked better
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