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The radiator needs the grill!
Today I thought I'd take couple hours to assemble and attach the radiator, as another step towards test running my motor. Ha! The Gods are against me this afternoon.
First, the manual says that the fan should be a "tight fit" between the welded tabs.. not so with mine. The aluminum fan mounts are 15 3/4" long, the tabs are 16" apart. Not sure whether I'll put washers in there or re-bend the fan aluminum to be longer.
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But anyway.. the manual then shows how the radiator attaches to the chassis... it doesn't. The grill attaches to be chassis!
And guess what, guys and gals, the grill doesn't come with stage 1. Oh, how I laughed
Now I need to come up with a way to clamp the radiator to the chassis temporarily, but sturdy enough, without damaging anything. Thinking caps on.
James
FFR33 #997 (Gen1 chassis, Gen2 body), license plate DRIVE IT says it all!
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My build: 350SBC, TKO600, hardtop, no fenders/hood, 32 grill, 3 link, sway bars, 355/30r19
Previous cars: GTD40, Cobra, tubeframe 55 Chevy, 66 Nova, 56 F100
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