tadaaaah B) B) B) .........fitted the new rad today.......fits a treat!.......all I needed was 2 x 1m lengths of 35mm ali-angle, 2 x 1m lengths of 12mm steel box section tube, some 20m x 2mm x 1m lengths of ali strips........4 Pclips with rubber linings, 6 off M5 x 30mm screws, all from B&Q.
as I thought the inlet and outlet positions were in the perfect positions and did not require stupid plumbing routes........
I took it out for a blast on a nice warm day, and it wouldnt go over 60DegC, and I didnt need to put the fan on once..........just got to show how crap my old rad was, and the lack of air it recieved being so high up.......I worked out the difference in cooling surface area between the two, and as I suspected its a massive difference......the alfa has 3500 square cm.....the Astra GSi has 8500 square cm......
as it now reaches down lower its really scooping up all the airflow from underneath the fug.......after looking a tad when I got back its actually too lower than I'd like, so I'm gonna raise it 3cm for peace of mind.......last thing I need now is for a speed hump to wreck it.
now its ready for the engine upgrade to a 1.7......that will warm the water a tad more :rolleyes:
