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Francesco
post Apr 10 2018, 03:35 PM
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Hey all,
Planning on a water pumper engine swap for my 914, and I see most of the radiator mounts involve cutting the hood or venting air outwards someway involving that. I already have the floor cut for factory A/C (not there any more and don't plan on keeping A/C with the engine swap), and I was curious if I could mount a radiator horizontal, and direct air out of the bottom of the car. I know this will cause lift, but I'm unsure how much it will cause at speed, and if it will actually be an issue? I'd like to maintain as much as my trunk as I possibly can, that's why mounting it 100% horizontally is appealing to me.
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Francesco
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post Apr 10 2018, 08:59 PM
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Hey all,
Planning on a water pumper engine swap for my 914, and I see most of the radiator mounts involve cutting the hood or venting air outwards someway involving that. I already have the floor cut for factory A/C (not there any more and don't plan on keeping A/C with the engine swap), and I was curious if I could mount a radiator horizontal, and direct air out of the bottom of the car. I know this will cause lift, but I'm unsure how much it will cause at speed, and if it will actually be an issue? I'd like to maintain as much as my trunk as I possibly can, that's why mounting it 100% horizontally is appealing to me.
Thank you for your critisim,
Francesco

I used a radiator and fans out of 924. Inlet is the 916 oil cooler hole" fiberglass front bumper" made ducting with aluminum and exited out hole in hood. Runs too cool going down highway never overheat even in Los Angeles traffic. But mine has a SR20DET in it. Not too keen on idea of cutting tub. And it only weighs 1800 lbs so power to weight ratio is excellent.
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Francesco   914 Radiator Mounting   Apr 10 2018, 03:35 PM
SirAndy   Most car radiators are not designed to be run hori...   Apr 10 2018, 03:49 PM
A&P Mech   rnellums (Ross) is running his ez30 powered 914 wi...   Apr 10 2018, 05:52 PM
mepstein   rnellums (Ross) is running his ez30 powered 914 w...   Apr 10 2018, 06:09 PM
tazz9924   You definitely could, you’d need some good fans ...   Apr 10 2018, 06:31 PM
smonigold   Hey all, Planning on a water pumper engine swap f...   Apr 10 2018, 08:57 PM
smonigold   Hey all, Planning on a water pumper engine swap f...   Apr 10 2018, 08:59 PM
Chris914n6   But mine has a SR20DET in it. Not too keen on ide...   Apr 10 2018, 09:34 PM
Chris914n6   Mine exits out of the A/C hole in the floor. Good ...   Apr 10 2018, 09:28 PM
Mike Bellis   I had this in my first 914. I took a Ford van radi...   Apr 10 2018, 09:45 PM
Francesco   I'm glad I received more than a no. Now I have...   Apr 11 2018, 07:35 AM
tazz9924   I'm glad I received more than a no. Now I hav...   Apr 11 2018, 11:23 AM
jd74914   I'm glad I received more than a no. Now I ha...   Apr 11 2018, 02:17 PM
Chris914n6   I'm glad I received more than a no. Now I hav...   Apr 11 2018, 01:15 PM
76-914   You are over complicating it. You want to go water...   Apr 11 2018, 08:32 AM
Andyrew   First off we need to know how big of an engine you...   Apr 11 2018, 09:16 AM
Francesco   The motor will be a Subaru 4 cylinder motor, so I...   Apr 11 2018, 06:26 PM
A&P Mech   The first subaru motor I installed in my 914 was a...   Apr 11 2018, 09:01 PM
Andyrew   The first subaru motor I installed in my 914 was ...   Apr 12 2018, 07:25 AM
Francesco   The first subaru motor I installed in my 914 was ...   Apr 12 2018, 08:10 AM
76-914   300hp is the imagined critical number. I assume yo...   Apr 12 2018, 10:36 AM
tazz9924   300hp is the imagined critical number. I assume y...   Apr 12 2018, 11:14 AM
Mike Bellis   Be careful with JDM motors. They sometimes have un...   Apr 12 2018, 09:44 PM
Mueller   Be careful with JDM motors. They sometimes have u...   Apr 12 2018, 09:48 PM
Andyrew   I dont think I would go with a factory ECU anymore...   Apr 12 2018, 11:48 PM
Francesco   I am planning on stiffening the trailing arms, swa...   Apr 13 2018, 08:28 AM
Andyrew   I am planning on stiffening the trailing arms, sw...   Apr 13 2018, 11:10 AM
76-914   Sounds like you've done your homework. Are you...   Apr 13 2018, 08:55 AM
914forme   Sway bar mount reinforcement 914Limitied, best des...   Apr 13 2018, 09:03 AM
Andyrew   914 Forme said it all better than me :)   Apr 13 2018, 11:10 AM
Francesco   Thank you for all the advice. Will definitely be s...   Apr 16 2018, 12:17 AM
Francesco   Also had another question, figured I'd ask it ...   Apr 16 2018, 07:38 PM


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