Bluesport Retro, Advice needed for transverse diesel convertion Options

[jules2c]

I do not know if anyone has done this before it just seemed a sensible idea at the time. The car had all the usual disasters and a few novel ones made by the factory! This may offend purists but it had been rearly abused and I could not believe the crazy design of just about everything. It was a 74 2.0 4, it has been stripped of most parts and I have been slowly welding it back to a solid structure.
The doors have very good alignment and operate as I assume they should but the roof will not align at the rear being flush on the right side and sticking out about 4 to 5mm on the left. I straightened the left long which was about 4 to 5mm high in the middle this seemed to make no difference. The fiberglass roof I assume is accurate as I have not come across fiberglass warping I just dont know. If you have any ideas please let me know.
Has anyone mounted a rad in the back of the car using the engine deck as the outlet feeding from the floor? More metal abuse tomorrow and the the next etc etc.

[ape914]

i think a engien grill mounted radiator is a great idea, you will probablky wnat to reverse the air flow, so the air moves from under the car (high pressure area) to out thru the grill (low pressure area), so mount fans as such, remember the factory air flow direction is reversed the tin seals the engine bay from the underside of the car, and the fan is sucking the air from the top down. however I dont think the air naturally want to travel that way.


for this you will need a short engine, or if a tall inline motr, mount two radiator, one on each side of the grill.

one more option space wise would be to ditch the stock enginelid / grill and make a raised up grill, maybe a couple inches. too add clearance for the radiator(s). A couple inches more taller grill shouldn't block the rear view very much.

I think this is new territory.


I recall the other guy that put the radiator near the cockpit fire wall had isses with air flow, didn't he have to make a scoop under the car to get the air flow needed, and that scoop tended to scoop up leaves and debries off the road? Thats what I recall where he left off, but maybe he solved it?

[dlo914]

i think a engien grill mounted radiator is a great idea, you will probablky wnat to reverse the air flow, so the air moves from under the car (high pressure area) to out thru the grill (low pressure area), so mount fans as such, remember the factory air flow direction is reversed the tin seals the engine bay from the underside of the car, and the fan is sucking the air from the top down. however I dont think the air naturally want to travel that way.


for this you will need a short engine, or if a tall inline motr, mount two radiator, one on each side of the grill.

one more option space wise would be to ditch the stock enginelid / grill and make a raised up grill, maybe a couple inches. too add clearance for the radiator(s). A couple inches more taller grill shouldn't block the rear view very much.

I think this is new territory.


I recall the other guy that put the radiator near the cockpit fire wall had isses with air flow, didn't he have to make a scoop under the car to get the air flow needed, and that scoop tended to scoop up leaves and debries off the road? Thats what I recall where he left off, but maybe he solved it?

TonyAKAVW was the one who had that setup, he eventually removed that setup and went with a front trunk setup. Here's a link to his build thread and his setup is on page 27: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...1579&st=520