RXtacy's slooow build up

[speedjunkie]

You may want to add a few 'o's to the title. lol

The work looks great! Your hardlines look WAY more professional than mine lol.

[RXtacy]

Originally Posted by speedjunkie

You may want to add a few 'o's to the title. lol

The work looks great! Your hardlines look WAY more professional than mine lol.

I want to have a clever come back to that but I don't

Thanks man.

[RXtacy]

Made some really good progress on the v-mount this weekend largely thanks to the help of a good buddy.


Initial mock up of radiator.





Was hoping to use the factory cross brace, but it wouldn't work with the intercooler size I wanted so it and the mounts had to go.

Fabricated lower radiator mounts. Really happy with how these turned out.







Once the lower mount was done we moved on to the upper. Attached gusseted plates to the end tank, welded a tab on the frame rail and secured with vibration isolators.





Mocked up the intercooler. The box represents core and end tanks.



A view through the bumper.



I'm gonna run AC and figuring out what to do with the condenser was a huge PIA. We didn't get to the condenser mounts but the hard part of planning it out is done and we have a path forward. Stay tuned for more.

[GySgtFrank]

You know where you can stick that box.


Looks good. Will having the hoses coming out on the front bottom side of the radiator cause any ground clearance issues? It looks awful low, but I'm sure you guys have checked that out beforehand.

[RXtacy]

Originally Posted by GySgtFrank

You know where you can stick that box.


Looks good. Will having the hoses coming out on the front bottom side of the radiator cause any ground clearance issues? It looks awful low, but I'm sure you guys have checked that out beforehand.

Thought you might like that, but I can't claim that handiwork as my own
That belongs to the angry one seen below in action.



Those hose niples are no longer used so theyre getting cut and welded.

The fan is the lowest part of the radiater and it is ~2" above the sway bar as it sits.

[GySgtFrank]

I figured that's who the asshat responsible for the mindless drivel was.

[RXtacy]

Made some more progress. Got the AC condenser mounted.

[GySgtFrank]

Woohoo! progress. I've been told that when you mount an oil cooler or condenser it should be placed up against the radiator. Mounting it away from the radiator creates turbulence behind the cooler and decreases the efficiency of the radiator. I don't know if that would be applicable for a V-Mount as I can't tell which side the air is supposed to flow through the condenser.

Your mounts make me very jealous.

[RXtacy]

Originally Posted by GySgtFrank

Woohoo! progress. I've been told that when you mount an oil cooler or condenser it should be placed up against the radiator. Mounting it away from the radiator creates turbulence behind the cooler and decreases the efficiency of the radiator. I don't know if that would be applicable for a V-Mount as I can't tell which side the air is supposed to flow through the condenser.

Your mounts make me very jealous.

In a standard vertical configuration with the air entering perpendicular to the heat exchanger I would 100% agree with you. In this configuration I'm using the condenser basically as a splitter. I don't really care if I lose some efficiency of the condenser. I wanted to maximize the cooling by moving that heat source as far as possible from the radiator. I haven't had functional AC in the FD since I've owned it so anything will be an improvement in that regard

Thankfully the FD has a great setup for oil coolers so that won't be an issue

Fabricating those mounts was easy. As I'm sure you know it's the planning and forethought that takes FOREVER! That being said I'm definitely really happy with how they turned out. It was one of those times where the plan actually came together with reality. They would be even sexier if someone hadn't forgot to bring the dimple die kit

[GySgtFrank]

Originally Posted by RXtacy

They would be even sexier if someone hadn't forgot to bring the dimple die kit

That's why they're called damnyankees.

[RXtacy]

Originally Posted by GySgtFrank

That's why they're called damnyankees.

You know KS was a Union state right?

[speedjunkie]

Originally Posted by RXtacy

In a standard vertical configuration with the air entering perpendicular to the heat exchanger I would 100% agree with you. In this configuration I'm using the condenser basically as a splitter. I don't really care if I lose some efficiency of the condenser. I wanted to maximize the cooling by moving that heat source as far as possible from the radiator. I haven't had functional AC in the FD since I've owned it so anything will be an improvement in that regard

I'm reinstalling AC too after not having it for years lol. Black car, black interior, no AC. Not a good idea. I bought a universal condenser and mounted it about 1.5" above the radiator. Not quite as far apart as yours. I'd say I'll do some testing so we can compare and see which works better, but other differences in our builds might taint the results and, I'll be honest, I never really follow through with stuff like that anyway lol.

[RXtacy]

Originally Posted by speedjunkie

I'm reinstalling AC too after not having it for years lol. Black car, black interior, no AC. Not a good idea. I bought a universal condenser and mounted it about 1.5" above the radiator. Not quite as far apart as yours. I'd say I'll do some testing so we can compare and see which works better, but other differences in our builds might taint the results and, I'll be honest, I never really follow through with stuff like that anyway lol.

Yea I hear ya. Getting swamp ass every time you go for a cruise gets old.

Yea it would be pretty hard to reach a conclusion given the differences in our builds and altitude. If my water and air temps are good and I get air coming out of the vents even marginally below ambient I'll be happy

[hades]

Looking bad ass man

[chibikougan]

Well you got rid of a bit of the red in the engine bay...