Well i went for an ASI radiator, which arrived last night:
[img]http://images.plebeians.net/i.php?/upload/2018/05/31/20180531224943-c8bdc728-xl.jpg[/img]
Look familiar? Yeah, thats a 42mm core with massively oversized end tanks. They are about 4mm bigger than the 52mm unit. Still aint going to fit. 🙁
So i started thinking about alternative mounting mechanisms, and came up with this little semi-dodgy fix. Surprised i didn’t think of this earlier:
[img]http://images.plebeians.net/i.php?/upload/2018/05/31/20180531224934-2c0714f0-xl.jpg[/img]
Thats an M6x75mm bolt with a bunch of washers spacing the radiator forward in the engine bay, away from the swaybar. Sits like this:
[img]http://images.plebeians.net/i.php?/upload/2018/05/31/20180531224928-d2dc2aec-xl.jpg[/img]
The bunch of washers makes me a bit sad, and if i had my lathe i would machine up a little solid spacer for it. But for now it will work.
The top rubber mounts have enough flex to clear fine, but i gave them a slight tweak with pliers to sit flat again. Overall its about a 2deg deflection. But 2deg is all that is needed for this sort of clearance to the swaybar:
[img]http://images.plebeians.net/i.php?/upload/2018/05/31/20180531224920-fdba04ab-xl.jpg[/img]
Still can’t believe that i didn think of it beforehand. 🙁
Now to package up this junk radiator for return.