Lovefab Sidewinder Radiator fitment issue. Short Radiator?

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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 10:36 AM
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Default Lovefab Sidewinder Radiator fitment issue. Short Radiator?

I bought this manifold over a year ago and I was going to put into an Integra LS but I just recently purchased a CRX.

The only thing that is holding me back right now is the radiator. The full radiator won't fit and a half radiator won't fit either (It fits with the inline pro manifold because I can lean it forward, but I can't lean it forward with this manifold). However, I noticed that there is a lot of room behind the intercooler, but the radiator would have to be really short to fit under there. Does anybody know where I can get a short radiator? CRX brothers, help me out.




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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 10:39 AM
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Default Re: Lovefab Sidewinder Radiator fitment issue. Short Radiator? (Benen Man)

Heh, owned by the little engine bay You can most likely measure out the area that you can fit the radiator... and then get a custom core cut/made.
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 10:45 AM
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Default Re: Lovefab Sidewinder Radiator fitment issue. Short Radiator? (splitime)

try out the full-race PWR EF radiator. that thing is tiny !
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 10:54 AM
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Default Re: Lovefab Sidewinder Radiator fitment issue. Short Radiator? (project dc2)

even that would probably be too wide..

check out scirroco-style drag race radiators (real popular with musclecar/drag racers) ...they have aluminum ones on summit. they are a bunch shorter than ef radiators, have the inlet/outlet the same way and everything. i'm going to be doing one this winter.

they are ALMOST too wide though...thats what i've found. would barely fit width wise.... give them a look
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 10:58 AM
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just do some measureing and come up with a design...

http://www.macsradiator.com/in...&ID=2
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 11:06 AM
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Check out summit. Look at some of the V8 ****.
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 11:12 AM
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Default Re: Lovefab Sidewinder Radiator fitment issue. Short Radiator? (Benen Man)

You can take 4 pics of your engine bay with the camera held at funky angles, but you couldn't take one top down pic of the spot where the radiator needed to go? hehehe

But yah, check out http://www.full-race.com and look at the radiators for the PWR shorty radiator. From the looks of it though your WG outlet will be pointing right at the rad. It'lll be hard to tell if a dumptube will be able to feet in there.
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 11:28 AM
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C&R make a shorty radiator that supposively fits on brackets that are already there but i dont know if this would help you could find out the deminsions from them or somethin
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 11:40 AM
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Default Re: Lovefab Sidewinder Radiator fitment issue. Short Radiator? (Benen Man)

if you cut the bottom of the rad support off and weld some small tubing in place of it it will work really well. use small squre tubing and a traction bar and mount the radiator in where the condensor eas it works great.
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 11:47 AM
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Thanks for the responses guys
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 03:04 PM
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Default Re: Lovefab Sidewinder Radiator fitment issue. Short Radiator? (Benen Man)

Remember with the Scirocco(sp?) radiator mounted low you will have to get an inline radiator cap to splice into the upper radiator hose since the radiator is now no longer the highest point of the cooling system.
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