Since the r1 install the engine temps have never been as cool as I wanted, so thanks to dad a nice new thick core aluminium radiator was ordered at the Autosport show. Its the same size and fitting as the standard polo radiator and is used in lots of road and race kits cars. A number of people have said it will drop temperatures by about 10 degs, which will get the car down to my "happy" operating temperatures. It will hopefully mean i can also put a floor on the engine bay again, something i had to remove (and cut up to use for other bits) when temperatures were rising after the new front end was added. I will definitely fit some mesh to try and save the fins this time
The new rad dropped into place, but was 40mm narrower than the original unit as i had forgotten i had fitted the slightly wider polo version last year. This was easily fixed by adding a couple of small aluminium brackets.
I had been advised not to bolt the radiator directly to the the chassis brackets as the contraction and expansion of the radiator would cause the aluminium sides to separate or split from the core. So i drilled some oversize holes in the steel mounts and inserted a small length of rubber fuel pipe, and sandwiched this between 2 washers and bolted into the radiator mounts through this.
If you read my blog on a regular basis you may wonder what has been happening to my posts recently, well i decided to try and keep up to date by posting pictures via my phone as and when i take them, along with a bit of a description, then when i get 5 minutes jump on the pc and edit the post. I find leaving it for a few weeks then trying to catch up a bit daunting and end up never doing it. So if you see a short post, try coming a back a couple of days later and it may have grown (like this one)
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