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After some sessions of just sitting on a chair staring at stuff I came up with a mounting set up. I modified some old parts and made a couple new pieces to mount it much like I had done before.
I did change the bottom piece to cradle the bottom of the radiator instead. Added some foam cushion.
I needed to persuade a little more room on the top of the radiator for where the intercooler elbows pass in order to get some clearance for the hump hoses.
Here is how the lower piece works to connect the intercooler and the radiator.
Then it was time to move stuff around on the front end. Had to relocate my driver side battery again to get the clearance I wanted. In order to keep the battery under the hood I needed to move it over even further and in order to do this I had to cut into the fender well and build a little relief box. Previous flex tests showed I wouldn't hit this part of the wheel well so I'm good with the clearance. I could have also adjusted my bump stops if it had become an issue. Battery tray got clearanced even more and the mount got more angle to move the battery out of the way.
I also cut out more of the wheel well and plan to cover that area with a rubber flap instead. The plan is to coat the underside of the wheel well with some textured undercoating and paint it all one color.
I needed to move my AC dryer too. I found a spot under the passenger battery that worked with the hose length still attached. The passenger battery tray got a little clearancing but didn't need much.
I changed out my transmission cooler set up and got rid of the coolant to transmission fluid heat exchanger. The transmission is completely separated from the coolant now. I welded back in a support piece in the hole I created. You can also see the passenger side lower mount that supports the intercooler.
Driver side lower mount and support. I noticed my last mounts were starting to tear the core support metal where I had them welded. I added in a plate underneath this time to spread out the load.
I modified my transmission cooler mounts just a little for clearance under the radiator since the radiator more sits about 2 inches closer to the engine.
It had been sitting for so long at this point that those little mud flies where making homes in my bolt holes on the engine.
I did change the bottom piece to cradle the bottom of the radiator instead. Added some foam cushion.
I needed to persuade a little more room on the top of the radiator for where the intercooler elbows pass in order to get some clearance for the hump hoses.
Here is how the lower piece works to connect the intercooler and the radiator.
Then it was time to move stuff around on the front end. Had to relocate my driver side battery again to get the clearance I wanted. In order to keep the battery under the hood I needed to move it over even further and in order to do this I had to cut into the fender well and build a little relief box. Previous flex tests showed I wouldn't hit this part of the wheel well so I'm good with the clearance. I could have also adjusted my bump stops if it had become an issue. Battery tray got clearanced even more and the mount got more angle to move the battery out of the way.
I also cut out more of the wheel well and plan to cover that area with a rubber flap instead. The plan is to coat the underside of the wheel well with some textured undercoating and paint it all one color.
I needed to move my AC dryer too. I found a spot under the passenger battery that worked with the hose length still attached. The passenger battery tray got a little clearancing but didn't need much.
I changed out my transmission cooler set up and got rid of the coolant to transmission fluid heat exchanger. The transmission is completely separated from the coolant now. I welded back in a support piece in the hole I created. You can also see the passenger side lower mount that supports the intercooler.
Driver side lower mount and support. I noticed my last mounts were starting to tear the core support metal where I had them welded. I added in a plate underneath this time to spread out the load.
I modified my transmission cooler mounts just a little for clearance under the radiator since the radiator more sits about 2 inches closer to the engine.
It had been sitting for so long at this point that those little mud flies where making homes in my bolt holes on the engine.
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