Rip VW
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Ok so now I am looking at the radiator in the TCoupe project. I am a little concerned with radiator height. I was told long ago there is an unofficial rule that says your T radiator must not be higher than the front edge of the cowl. In other words, if you measured the height of the cowl where a hood would attach above the ground the radiator must not exceed this height.
Well, I was setting the radiator on the chassis today to start making lower mounts for it and I measured this once before and my current radiator a 18" X 18" Rand and it would seem to be an inch and a half higher at the top of the tank than the cowl edge. Now looking at this with the Rad mocked into place I really don't notice any big difference in height to the uncalibrated eyeball of mine. So, I snapped a couple of pictures and will post them. I would like opinions on is the radiator to high or is it an eye appeal thing and it looks ok! from where it is now it looks ok to me but maybe I am wrong so look at the photos and tell me what you think.
A smaller radiator is not desirable to me as the reduced cooling would be a worry. I am also going to have dual fours with velocity stacks on the engine so some of the real estate will be used up on top of the engine and kind of break up the sight line. So, give it a critique and let me know what ya all think of it. Is it ok or really too tall!
Well, I was setting the radiator on the chassis today to start making lower mounts for it and I measured this once before and my current radiator a 18" X 18" Rand and it would seem to be an inch and a half higher at the top of the tank than the cowl edge. Now looking at this with the Rad mocked into place I really don't notice any big difference in height to the uncalibrated eyeball of mine. So, I snapped a couple of pictures and will post them. I would like opinions on is the radiator to high or is it an eye appeal thing and it looks ok! from where it is now it looks ok to me but maybe I am wrong so look at the photos and tell me what you think.
A smaller radiator is not desirable to me as the reduced cooling would be a worry. I am also going to have dual fours with velocity stacks on the engine so some of the real estate will be used up on top of the engine and kind of break up the sight line. So, give it a critique and let me know what ya all think of it. Is it ok or really too tall!