250 GTO - the enemy within!

[C5GTO]

Peter,
Not to make you question your radiator install, but if you're having clearance issues, have you thought about installing at an angle? I put mine in at somewhere around 60 degrees and managed to get the cap under the radiator fill opening in the nose







I'm also running AC so that's the radiator on top. The smaller, vertical mounted one is the inter-cooler for supercharger. Yep, it was quite the chore finding space for all them.

I like the way you've run fresh air ducting to intake over the top of the radiator. I'm planning to do something similar but haven't tackled that project yet.

By the way, I do like your homemade straps. They look much better than the purchased ones. That buckle looks like brass so hopefully that resolves the rust issue.

[PeterAllen]

Joel. I probable could, with a bit more engineering, position the radiator at an angle but I would then have clearance issue with the underside fibreglass. I'm a least confident it's better placed now than when it was in the engine bay. I'm learning that I have to live with compromises if I ever want to get it finished.

I think by their very nature these one-off projects are created by 'muddling through' rather than any real detailed drawing board design.

With the radiator re-installed I had to cut the spout off the thermostat housing and weld it at a new angle.



I triple checked all the hose clamps and felt confident as I started pouring the coolant into the system. Suddenly the floor started to turn green.. Bugger!

I soon realised I had only tacked the spout to the housing so I could perform a trial fit. I must have become diverted on some other aspect and forgot to remove and finish weld the housing... D'oh!



PS. Spare us all the Lorena Bobbitt jokes

[PeterAllen]

Oh dear... I've taken it up and down the street a couple of time on very tentative trials - mainly to see how many lost tools, etc, drop out! I have a section of grass between the shed and a narrow concrete driveway with a step up to the concrete. Yesterday was the first time I tried to reverse up but the rear wheels spun as I powered up the step and the car drifted sideways into the fence. Lucky it's not the final coat.