Fans are here. Just enough room if I move the transmission cooler up a little. I will also need to flip the impellers over to have them work as pushers.
Fans are here. Just enough room if I move the transmission cooler up a little. I will also need to flip the impellers over to have them work as pushers.
Good: Moving the transmission cooler up gets me just enough room to clear the fans.
Bad: The fans push the intercooler too far forward.
So unless I want to run with no grille (don't tempt me...), these fans are going back. But do I get smaller fans, or a stock type grille / transmission cooler that should buy more space for fans?
Water/air intercooling? It's more stuff overall but saves nose room.
I could probably run a thinner air to air intercooler as well; this one is a pretty thick core. But changing out the radiator may be an easier way to free up room.
Went to Macon to get a stock radiator from a fellow Mopar fan. Before putting the radiator in, I had a local radiator shop test it. Yesterday they found the core is good but the top tank leaks. Waiting to hear if they can salvage this...
The radiator wasn't fixable. And Champion Cooling Systems, the go-to for reasonably priced radiators, didn't have anything. So it's either $800+ for a top quality brass piece from US Radiator, or a poorly fitting cheap Chinese aluminum radiator. And as I'm on a cheap Chinese radiator budget...
... Let's get one I can replace at a local parts store if it goes wrong! This is meant for a 2000 Suzuki Grand Vitara V6. You can see it looks like the core is slightly twisted.
But there's room for a big fan in there. I'll see what else I need to install it and if it provides adequate cooling.
In reply to MadScientistMatt :
Use the BIG ASS fan, pusher fans are useless. Two smaller pusher fans are 2 x useless.
Mount the radiator on rubber grommets or similar so as not torquing the core/tanks when the car body twists.
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