You would need to cut vents and everything so that you got the airflow through the radiator right
That would involve a fair amount of body mods I imagine
What was this to find room for again?
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| Author: | kazjim [ Tue Apr 19, 2005 2:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Boot mounted Radiator . . . |
Just exploring the waters here (sorry, unintentional Pun. . ) WOuld it be a killer of a Job to have the radiator mounted in the boot ? Have a pair of 1.5" Copper pipes under the car to ferry water to and from, and a swirl-pot in the engine bay to feed the water pump (with a cap to release air bubbles. . ) Would I need a supplementary pump ? Would a davies Craig electric do the Job ? Hmmmm thinking, thinking, thinking. . . . J |
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| Author: | fuzzy-hair-man [ Tue Apr 19, 2005 3:03 pm ] |
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You would need to cut vents and everything so that you got the airflow through the radiator right
That would involve a fair amount of body mods I imagine What was this to find room for again? |
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| Author: | Big Dan [ Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | What? |
Looking for room for an intercooler kazjim? The easiest way to fit more in the front the way I see it is... To get a Clubbie!! Sorry, couldn't help but be a smartarse... 
Big Dan |
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| Author: | fuzzy-hair-man [ Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:30 pm ] |
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It might be stupid but you couldn't do the same thing as was done with the mini radiator to the other side and mount the intercooler in there ? I don't know how much room there is around your clutch and how far towards the tyre you could go but maybe worth looking at
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| Author: | kazjim [ Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:13 pm ] |
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Yea, I was thinking about the ducting on the way home..... I reckon the best position for the ducts would the the boot floor with the radiator mounted horizontally, and some "out" ducts in the rear beaver panel . . . . probably use a Honda or Hyundai Radiator.... Hmmmmmmmmm still thinking, yea, I've looked at the RH wheelarch... would be nice, but i reckon the loss of flow out of the RH wheelarch may be an issue.... Anyone with a flip-front got a comment ? - they dont run inner arches, do they ? J |
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| Author: | fuzzy-hair-man [ Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:34 pm ] |
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kazjim wrote: Yea, I was thinking about the ducting on the way home.....
I reckon the best position for the ducts would the the boot floor with the radiator mounted horizontally, and some "out" ducts in the rear beaver panel . . . . J Good idea I was thinking you meant something like the twiniminis used and vents cut in the boot lid but your idea will interupt the look of the outer panels far less. I don't think the flip fronts run inner arches and given that there shouldn't be too many problems with airflow I would have thought because otherwise flip fronts would be less popular. But then again I could be wrong... would it be possible to fit a better radiator to compensate? |
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| Author: | gafmo [ Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:52 pm ] |
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What if you sat the radiator in the Guard would that be enought room 
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| Author: | kazjim [ Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:03 pm ] |
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I'm actually leaning towards the RH guard at the moment... but cutting a heap away.... Hmmmmm J |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:41 pm ] |
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Just cut the hole in RH guard, dude...
You can always weld some sheet back in if it don't work! 
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| Author: | Chris [ Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:26 pm ] |
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It might get a bit wet in the boot when it rains. |
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| Author: | mini_van_1970 [ Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:12 pm ] |
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Why dont you put the radiator where the spare wheel goes and run a scoop for it under the car like the subaru scoop on the bonnet but reverse under the car Pat |
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| Author: | gafmo [ Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:28 pm ] |
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Chris wrote: It might get a bit wet in the boot when it rains.
Yer So 
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| Author: | awdmoke [ Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:50 pm ] |
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drmini in aust wrote: Just cut the hole in RH guard, dude...
You can always weld some sheet back in if it don't work! Sound advice. A little aluminium sheet metal fitted underneath to prevent too much air going under the car would also improve air cooling though the radiator and/or intercooler. Have got a little Nissan ally/plastic radiator for my beast (space is really at a premium), and had figured that I'd just fit another one on the RH side if cooling became a problem. The CraigDavies pumps are expensive for the flow, and that's a whole heap of extra water mass if you want to run it all the way to the back. You would be better off going air/water intercooling (Subaru Liberty B4, etc) than doing this. |
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| Author: | danidad [ Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:21 am ] |
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are plastic rads any good...google search just loaded this page while searching for MGB pics for Danielle (so dont blame me for BMW bashing) LOL http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://home.earthlink.net/~hainesinutah/stgeorge/photos/mgb.jpg&imgrefurl=http://home.earthlink.net/~hainesinutah/radiator/&h=289&w=500&sz=85&tbnid=1MjVDoztUD0J:&tbnh=73&tbnw=126&start=6&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMGB%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official_s%26sa%3DG |
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| Author: | FatMaserati [ Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:57 am ] |
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Why don't you just cut into your bonnet and turn it all into a big flat area of fins. You could use that as a giant radiator. Great airflow (if you angle the fins right) and it's such a large area, it would lose the heat faster than a crook in a Ferrari. Or mount the engine in the boot, and give the engine bay all to the raditor. You could even have 6 or so mounted in there. Or you could build it into a rocket and blast to the moon... See where I'm going with this...? |
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