http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator.html This section will cover the radiator, AC Condensor and Fans. The radiator shown here is the standard radiator as delivered by RCR. It's a very nice single-pass radiator with two rows (very wide) of tubes that is reported to have ample capacity to cool a 600 HP engine. Rather than just hanging the fans behind the radiator - I wanted to create a shroud to increase the efficiency of the fans. The only "complaint" I have for this radiator is one that I have for literally any specialty radiator manufacturer:: Why in the world don't you make a radiator with provisions for mounting fans / shrouds? In this case, there is a very narrow 3/8" lip at the top and a 2" wide lip at the bottom. The top lip has about 1/4" of air-space underneath until the fins are encountered. The bottom lip is the same - but there is a LOT more usable space of 1-5/8" wide at the bottom for which there are no fins/tubes directly underneath. http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator.html#0 1daabf95-4e1e-403c-83f3-d8e54f549f51 http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0612/thumb.jpg http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0612/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_132"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">This is a view of the radiator as received from RCR along with the car.</p></div></div> http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator.html#1 b1510061-a619-4925-bfd2-98ec5318fa3a http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0335/thumb.jpg http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0335/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_132"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Just sizing up how much area the fans will take</p></div></div> http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator.html#2 78704b58-f0e2-4586-8b11-5bf171c715fb http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0360/thumb.jpg http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0360/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_132"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Radiator with top channel as purchased from the other RCR - Richard Childress Racing. This piece was reportedly to have once been used on one of Dale Earnhardt’s Lumina racecars.</p></div></div> http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator.html#3 c3793bca-689a-4720-a01d-f7f50f03a7f2 http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0361/thumb.jpg http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0361/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_132"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The first template for the Fan Shroud.</p></div></div> http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator.html#4 6d2d8de7-80ef-4064-a18f-ad9e4aecf565 http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0384/thumb.jpg http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0384/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_132"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Fitting the shroud to the radiator required mounting plates / spacers in order to get the fans up and away from the surface of the radiator</p></div></div> http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator.html#5 7dedb4b0-b34f-484d-8396-835e4d5bc0da http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0388/thumb.jpg http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0388/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_132"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The purpose of getting the fans up away from the radiator fins was to create a low pressure area across the face of the radiator</p></div></div> http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator.html#6 c3719489-782b-477e-9102-44ca56a824c4 http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0390/thumb.jpg http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0390/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_132"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">First mounting of the fans to the shroud. I think that the fins need more support than all the 1/8” rivets mounting the fans radially.</p></div></div> http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator.html#7 8eaa1d7e-8502-4793-96ce-d665dc7193e3 http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0391/thumb.jpg http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0391/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_132"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Bottom fan support bracket in place</p></div></div> http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator.html#8 668f7ee1-882f-44a3-8cd6-b3ae3f695ee7 http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0392/thumb.jpg http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0392/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_132"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Just a close-up.  I could not find the small metric bolts (6mm?) to bolt the fans in place so I cut down the heads of some 1/4” bolts and put them into service</p></div></div> http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator.html#9 3ca77b4d-cf18-4d60-91d8-d3d8c105174b http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0398/thumb.jpg http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0398/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_132"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Top channel cut to size and pressed into service once again!</p></div></div> http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator.html#10 76a181f7-ddff-4171-a934-42426e49162b http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0404/thumb.jpg http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0404/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_132"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Assembly test fitted to chassis</p></div></div> http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator.html#11 5fd816eb-e293-4fa5-bb37-ecb9a3d2f001 http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0406/thumb.jpg http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0406/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_132"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Just another view.</p></div></div> http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator.html#12 f926e306-7627-4d06-ac7a-50589d83a3f0 http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0536/thumb.jpg http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0536/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_132"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">In order to fit the AC Condenser I needed to get new lines from RCR. These lines are not correct for the chassis as they were made for a different offset center tunnel. I’ll make them work.</p></div></div> http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator.html#13 1e34c86c-b703-4f87-a496-5223360b5554 http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0537/thumb.jpg http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0537/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_132"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">A little tweaking here with the smaller line.</p></div></div> http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator.html#14 fa3e4c09-4610-495f-9070-06e318188a91 http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0538/thumb.jpg http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0538/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_132"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Got the lines basically where I need them although I am still unhappy with them - I need to move on..</p></div></div> http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator.html#15 fdb4b4c2-c00a-423c-9f75-055be2f89186 http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0551/thumb.jpg http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0551/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_132"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">I fabricated a 1/8” riser to get the condenser to move forward just enough to have the tubes on either side that connect the cores  raised off the surface of the top channel.</p></div></div> http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator.html#16 e0fc3851-cf66-4503-8079-9b31a74b6e36 http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0553/thumb.jpg http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0553/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_132"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">A fascia was fabricated to cover the bolt-channel at the top of the condenser.</p></div></div> http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator.html#17 ad7a798f-b914-4c81-8acf-e1da6638ce4d http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0550/thumb.jpg http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0550/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_132"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The bottom of the condenser was mounted using a couple of the bolt plates that came with the AC kit. Not elegant by any stretch but effective.</p></div></div> http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator.html#18 0ad2022d-abdd-4ae6-afa8-ff3c4c167db6 http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0557/thumb.jpg http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0557/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_132"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Lines run temporarily to the condenser.</p></div></div> http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator.html#19 fd38b61b-6581-4804-a2cd-c3acc1a8bd15 http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0567/thumb.jpg http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMG_0567/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_132"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Top view of the radiator / condenser assembly bolted into place.</p></div></div> http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator.html#20 a96d0c53-f7de-4c7c-a7ec-2f6f5d54d522 http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMAG020A/thumb.jpg http://www.GT-Forty.com/GT-Forty/Radiator_files/Media/IMAG020A/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_132"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Part of the Dale Earnhardt legacy will ride along with this GT40.  I think that’s pretty cool..</p></div></div>