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02-21-2007, 10:40 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Greensboro NC,
NC
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF #2101 Diamond Ed.; 460
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Radiator and oil cooler screens
Does anyone have stainless steel mesh screen installed in front of their radiator and/or oil cooler? If so do you have pictures? I think Olthoff does this on a lot of their cars and just want to see what it looks like before I go ahead and do it.
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02-21-2007, 10:57 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Houston,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance SP02228, ROUSH 402R w/custom DiVinci Performance Carb.
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check out Timpound photos. i am ordering a set from Olthoff
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02-21-2007, 11:03 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sacramento,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance 460 SVO
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just installed a screen for my radiator. velcro to sides of housing.. I must be doing something wrong.. heat from the radiator melts the sticky side of the velcro.. screen slips down and goes crooked. is there another way???
Mel
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02-22-2007, 06:00 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: South Salem,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Spf 392W
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Radiator Screen Pictures
Here's how it mounts & how it looks,Olthoff supplied & installed.Hope this helps - Check my gallery
Tim
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02-23-2007, 06:31 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Charlotte, NC,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance, Roush 402IR
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Screens
Call Dennis or Mark at Olthoffs - I've been running their screens since my SPF was new. They're very solidly made and have saved my radiator at least once.
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02-23-2007, 07:39 AM
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Location: Greensboro NC,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF #2101 Diamond Ed.; 460
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Yep..that is who suggested it. Just wanted to see what it looks like before I go ahead and do it.
Joe
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02-23-2007, 08:08 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF#2189
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I would also like to do this, but prefer to match the vent screens on an SPF, any ideas where to get.???
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02-23-2007, 08:15 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Greensboro NC,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF #2101 Diamond Ed.; 460
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I would also like to do this, but prefer to match the vent screens on an SPF, any ideas where to get.???
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I agree with you SJK. Just not sure that material is as sturdy.
Joe |
02-23-2007, 08:25 AM
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Location: Yorba Linda,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF w/392CI stroker
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The screen that came with my 747 is simply a window screen material fitted to a frame that velcros to the radiator opening. It's finer than the steel mesh revealed by Tim, thus it catches bugs and other small particles considerably better. However, if you have more gravel on your local roads then Tim's set-up is certainly sturdier. I also use a velcro installed clear lexan panel over the oil cooler. Acts as both a gravel shield and to help the oil warm up faster (though not by much, I must admit).
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02-23-2007, 08:26 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance 460 SVO
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Tim your screens are more sturdy looking then mine. I probably will make a aluminum bracket for mine.. looking at your pics, are they just screwed into the side pieces of fiberglass. or nut and bolted
Mel
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02-23-2007, 10:03 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: San Diego,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF1715, Roush Built 434 ci Stroker, Dart Block, Ported AFR 205 Heads... 561 hp / 547 tq, Former Roush Show Car, Completed and Prepped By Olthoff Racing.
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Here is a pic of my car with the screens from Olthoff. They are hard to see in the pics but there is a small metal frame that the screen material attaches to. If you look closely you can see the frame. I have both the radiator and oil cooler screen.
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02-23-2007, 10:48 AM
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Beam Me Up Scottie
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Squantum (part of Quincy),
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF1049 Titanium w/black stripes, 351W with Trick Flow Heads, Tremec 3550
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Here is mine. I think they look fantatstic .....
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02-23-2007, 01:05 PM
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30 Year Wait is Over
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: London, Canada,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 1630 '70 429 SCJ / 501
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I am using a stainless steel screen on my rad and oil cooler. I had it installed by Macro SPF in Toronto, Canada. The head mechanic Paul Cowan did the work. He put it together because a rock put a huge hole in an SPF rad. The screen is has diamond shaped holes, is stiff and expensive. Paul cut the screen to size, unbolted the rad and oil cooler and wrapped the SS screen around the rads and then remounted them. It is much better than the original "window screen" I had before. I am currently living in Buenos Aires, but I will post some pictures when I return. If anyone wants to know the exact material that was used, just PM me and I will contact Paul for the details.
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