Last post by Chuck W -
Well, they're sending me another one, as they say that this was the result of shipping damage. We'll see what the new one looks like.
I asked what they wanted done to the old one, and they said dispose of it.
Sooooooo, since I have another Fox project that doesn't have a radiator, I'm going to see if I can straighten it out a bit and pressure test it to see if it'll work.
Also, this is just a 2-core. I saw no need for anything more.
Last post by Ductape91 -
The ebay three core aluminum radiator i bought(not a mishimoto but still $$$ because i wanted one that didnt look like a welders project) was warped like that too. It was so bad i couldnt get the factory bracket to even sit on it, i gave it to a mustang guy who parked his car in the same garage i keep mine in because he said it wouldnt matter to him since he was doing custom upper bracket with overflow tank. He wound up buying another one lol.
Last post by Chuck W -
The intercooler is something I picked up off of ebay . You can follow the install and such starting back on PAGE 8. I think most of the pics are still working.
No cutting to mount this one. I had a old Volvo front mount IC installed before this one, and I had to do a little cutting for that one.
This car has never had (working) AC in the almost 30 years that I've had it. I'm sure I could make a condenser work in here if I needed to, but for now this car will live without. I'm going to consider reinstalling it (It is a factory AC car) if/when I do something with the drivetrain.
Last post by hast2307 -
Chuck, I am curious about the "silly" intercooler, is that the one from Gnari? I have one as a future project for my '85 turbo coupe but I was confused by the instruction placing it between the AC condenser and radiator. Did you have to mod or make any new brackets?
Last post by Chuck W -
Well, since I'm sure people are tired of all of the other non-TBIrd posts, I was hoping to be able to make an update involving this.
However it came out of the box looking like this
Getting in touch with them about getting it swapped out.
I've been needing to replace the old radiator (and hoses) for a long while now.
It's not the original one, but it's at least 20-25 years old. So are the hoses. It's had a couple small seep spots in it for a couple of years, so it was time.
Thwarted in my plans, I at least sprayed down the engine bay a bit to clean things up.
Here you can get a glimpse of the silly intercooler that's in this thing.
Hopefully I'll hear back from them tomorrow and get another on the way.
Last post by jcassity -
im game for audio/vid and neither my wife or i care anymore about the hate my own voice and look on camera.
one way to break yourself of it is to do some rumble or youtube and put yourself out there then wait for any comments. the first thing you will find out is nobody else is focused on that. my channel is https://www.youtube.com/@ifixitall-24-7/videos
