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Originally Posted by ricola
Great pics Moog, very nice quality work but I'd still cut up the front for a rad  Do you plan to stay swing axle?
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Thanks for the comments Rich (& everyone else!) For the moment i'm working on the idea that i can do a mirror image rad in the other rear arch if necessary. It's only going to be 120-130bhp anyway, so not massive amounts of power. Pace products used a 4-core for the rad and reckon it will work in a marginal air-flow loaction - i take their judgment on that as i'm not a radiator designer (Just an engine designer trained by Ricardo - i think Rich will have heard of them
) Didn't your first Speedster Alfa engine run cool with just two mini radiators tucked up in the back?
I have kept it swing-axle on the Basis that it is a GT beetle - for those who don't know (those outside of UK?) the GT beetle was a limited edition spec, and the only time they used the 1600 engine & unique ratios in a swing-axle / 1300 shell in the UK. Only 2500 made, & only 10% this colour, so part of my plan was to keep many of the original GT features, and that includes sticking to the high-ratio swing-axle box. Basically, i'm trying to create a 21st Century GT Beetle.
SteveC - Loved your car - would like to have seen it for real! It was part of the inspiration for this engine conversion.
Cheers
Moog