V8 coversion battery relocation

[OyajiJon]

 

[madoc1]

just saw this thread. here is my answer. since I live in mostly warm area I figured I didn't need a heater. so did this using the original battery t ray.

 

[Captn Conch]

just saw this thread. here is my answer. since I live in mostly warm area I figured I didn't need a heater. so did this using the original battery tView attachment 1189266 ray.

Wow...HUmmmmm ? Hoo Ha I like that!

 

[brew8]

This is what I built for my V8 install. It's similar to Dave Gore's battery tray, but attached only to the fender rather than the fender and shock mount. It works very well and it's simply built with angle.

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Did you build the fan shroud or after market?

 

[spotcruiser]

I made it with fiberglass cloth, mat, and resin. It was damned easy, but I did build a second one based on the results of the first one. The first one allowed me to see all of the places where I didn't allow as much clearance as I'd prefer, not to mention that I realized I could add color to the resin to make it black throughout. I've been very happy with the results, on the trail and off.

This is it before final trimming and finishing.

Nearly complete.

Did you build the fan shroud or after market?

 

[terrx]

Noticed this photo on the page 1. Seems to me the aluminum cross flow should be mounted with clamps on the side tanks leaving the core free. Looks like it's mounted with clamps on the top/bottom - if so perhaps double check what the vendor recommends. I'm sure it's expensive and you don't want it to start leaking and the vendor not back it up.

 

[spotcruiser]

I do understand what you're saying. The radiator actually has flanges welded to both sides and they hold it in position vertically. The way that it's held top and bottom is difficult to describe, so I slapped together a little sketch. The radiator has shallow factory channels built into the top and bottom rails. I built the steel top and bottom mounts with similar channels and installed 1" thick rubber strips top and bottom between the mounts and the radiator. The bottom steel mount is bolted to the frame and the bottom of the radiator sits on the bottom rubber strip. The top steel mount is snugged-down just enough to compress the rubber strip slightly to keep the radiator in place. I even made the compressing rods of a specific length so that they cannot be over-tightened. The radiator is well-supported and I have had no issues for the past five years. I really don't expect any. I couldn't be any happier with the cooling of the 350, by the way. She runs right at the thermo opening point of 195 unless I'm doing around 70 up a mountain pass, where it will get up to about 204, tops.

This is just a partial section view of the top rail showing the connection between the top mount and the radiator.

Sorry to the OP for the off-topic detour.

Noticed this photo on the page 1. Seems to me the aluminum cross flow should be mounted with clamps on the side tanks leaving the core free. Looks like it's mounted with clamps on the top/bottom - if so perhaps double check what the vendor recommends. I'm sure it's expensive and you don't want it to start leaking and the vendor not back it up.

 

[hairy_apple]

I also relocated mine to the heater blower area and got a summit aftermarket heater. Here is the box I made.