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Was chatting to someone about whether to get a shiny new radiator as my original one would somewhat let the side down in the engine bay.
The originals are an aluminium core with plastic end tanks that can eventually crack, Mishimoto do an all aluminium replacement. Stock of this was looking a little sparse (it's no longer on their website either) so really that was all the excuse I needed
It is very shiny indeed. I am tempted to paint it black though, I will likely drop it in the engine bay at some point and see whether I feel it draws the eye too much from the engine.
Physics discussions on painting an aluminium radiator black are welcome
The Internet is leaning about 75:25 that it'll make no discernible difference...
The originals are an aluminium core with plastic end tanks that can eventually crack, Mishimoto do an all aluminium replacement. Stock of this was looking a little sparse (it's no longer on their website either) so really that was all the excuse I needed
It is very shiny indeed. I am tempted to paint it black though, I will likely drop it in the engine bay at some point and see whether I feel it draws the eye too much from the engine.
Physics discussions on painting an aluminium radiator black are welcome
The Internet is leaning about 75:25 that it'll make no discernible difference...
Oneball said:
You could mask off the core and paint the rest. Doesn’t the plastic trim cover most of the rad from sight?
That's a fair point, I think really I need to put it back in the car and see how it looks / how much is visible and decide from there. I've chucked most of the plastic trim, I have an over the radiator intake so I got rid of it at that point. There is the matter of the fans etc. hanging off the back though which do still have some plastic trim that covers the top of the core, so there might not be much of it visible. Perhaps something to have a play with at lunch time
gweaver said:
Could you have it anodised?
Personally I would leave it.
That's a good point, I had the fuel rails done and that wasn't too expensive, I could even go orange Personally I would leave it.
I'll definitely hold off making any decisions until I've mocked it up in the car
A shot of a carrier bag didn't really do the radiator justice, so here's some engine bay shots. I'm going to leave it shiny for now
Also, there's definitely plenty of room to mount the coilpacks on the firewall, so this is something I'll be tinkering with. Will then make up some long black HT leads to run to the plugs.
May run them over the manifold / rocker covers, or may see if there's a tidy way to route them that would hide them from view...
Also, there's definitely plenty of room to mount the coilpacks on the firewall, so this is something I'll be tinkering with. Will then make up some long black HT leads to run to the plugs.
May run them over the manifold / rocker covers, or may see if there's a tidy way to route them that would hide them from view...
Ah bks
That goes behind the starter motor and covers up the opening to the bellhousing.
I was taking a picture to show a mate (Camaro) the connector for the knock sensor, and noticed in the background I could see the fly wheel. This reminded me about the plastic bits I'd taken off and sure enough... Forgot to put them on!
Passenger side will be easy, driver's side I need to take the starter off, which will be a job to do from underneath because of access to the bolts.
I have been hovering over the Buy button on a set of Quickjacks, jacking the car up in the garage is a bit of a sketchy and very awkward process, so I think I can justify the £1100 or so right?
That goes behind the starter motor and covers up the opening to the bellhousing.
I was taking a picture to show a mate (Camaro) the connector for the knock sensor, and noticed in the background I could see the fly wheel. This reminded me about the plastic bits I'd taken off and sure enough... Forgot to put them on!
Passenger side will be easy, driver's side I need to take the starter off, which will be a job to do from underneath because of access to the bolts.
I have been hovering over the Buy button on a set of Quickjacks, jacking the car up in the garage is a bit of a sketchy and very awkward process, so I think I can justify the £1100 or so right?
Just been catching up, its been awhile! Looks like you've been having plenty of fun top job for reporting the highs and the lows!
On the quickjacks thing, just do it, i considered them for ages and then made the purchase after i nearly stuck a jack stand through my sump and then passenger footwell. Never looked back since!
On the quickjacks thing, just do it, i considered them for ages and then made the purchase after i nearly stuck a jack stand through my sump and then passenger footwell. Never looked back since!
Rushjob said:
Yep, get them bought. Then report back on how good they are!
I mean, if you insist Polly Grigora said:
Cheers, it's what I had in my mind as what I'd love to do when I first got the car so it's nice to be making it a reality, especially having never even seen a spark plug when I got the car Krikkit said:
That radiator looks great as-is, there's so much good stuff in the engine bay you won't be distracted for long by the rad.
Yep, I'm inclined to agree. I think I'm going to paint the strut brace mounts black as they don't really add anything up there being a silvery grey.scottos said:
Just been catching up, its been awhile! Looks like you've been having plenty of fun top job for reporting the highs and the lows!
On the quickjacks thing, just do it, i considered them for ages and then made the purchase after i nearly stuck a jack stand through my sump and then passenger footwell. Never looked back since!
I had at least watched / read enough before starting to expect that long term projects are mostly about dragging yourself out of the pit of despair during the lows Oh and catastrophic financial decisions On the quickjacks thing, just do it, i considered them for ages and then made the purchase after i nearly stuck a jack stand through my sump and then passenger footwell. Never looked back since!
Speaking of which, as you lot are such a bad influence then Quickjacks have just been ordered frm Costco. Hopefully they arrive quickly and I can start randomly jacking up every car I find
Oneball said:
Looking good, rad works in silver. I’ve got one in my Corvette and it looks ok too.
Yep, rad looks plenty good enough in silver. What generation of Corvette?SturdyHSV said:
Oneball said:
Looking good, rad works in silver. I’ve got one in my Corvette and it looks ok too.
Yep, rad looks plenty good enough in silver. What generation of Corvette?Interested how you get on with the Jack stands
Oneball said:
C3 1969, seemed like a good idea at the time to build another race car and turned into a 2 year project.
Interested how you get on with the Jack stands
That looks great, really purposeful too. Is there a build thread about it?Interested how you get on with the Jack stands
And yep, I'll report back on the quickjacks and see. I mostly end up sliding under the car from the side due to it being in the garage so that's about the only way I can see them negatively impacting how I work on the car, but being able to get it so high and so quickly is going to be brilliant.
Not to mention things like oil changes and such on the other cars, assuming there's a flat enough part of the drive they'll be even more convenient.
SturdyHSV said:
That looks great, really purposeful too. Is there a build thread about it?
And yep, I'll report back on the quickjacks and see. I mostly end up sliding under the car from the side due to it being in the garage so that's about the only way I can see them negatively impacting how I work on the car, but being able to get it so high and so quickly is going to be brilliant.
Not to mention things like oil changes and such on the other cars, assuming there's a flat enough part of the drive they'll be even more convenient.
Thanks, sorry no build thread on PH, did do one on the CorvetteUK forum. And yep, I'll report back on the quickjacks and see. I mostly end up sliding under the car from the side due to it being in the garage so that's about the only way I can see them negatively impacting how I work on the car, but being able to get it so high and so quickly is going to be brilliant.
Not to mention things like oil changes and such on the other cars, assuming there's a flat enough part of the drive they'll be even more convenient.
Big advantage I see is there’s so much plastic under trays on modern stuff. That there is usually just the jacking point itself and nothing else.
Using the wagon as a wagon...
20sqm of flooring, underlay and 6 2.4m lengths of skirting board. Oh and an ironing board
The skirting board went between the seats and sat on top of the armrest, but wasn't in the way of the gear selector so fairly comfortable load lugging.
Yes, I waited until we got home to take a picture of my boot
20sqm of flooring, underlay and 6 2.4m lengths of skirting board. Oh and an ironing board
The skirting board went between the seats and sat on top of the armrest, but wasn't in the way of the gear selector so fairly comfortable load lugging.
Yes, I waited until we got home to take a picture of my boot
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