Just placed a big order for fittings and hose to connect the dots between everything related to water/oil cooler and steering.
Radiator mounts are done. I’m using our new Goodwing Racing triple-pass radiator for the NC chassis which is made by CSF. 30% larger surface area than an NA/NB radiator, and ~ 3 lbs lighter to boot. The NC radiator is designed to be tilted forward, which is what I had planned anyways and that saves me the need to cut and modify the radiator to be mounted that way.
The radiator mounts very similar to in an NC, just with custom brackets here. Dowels on the bottom of the radiator slide into the rubber bushings in the lower mounts, and then the top of the radiator bolts in to two top brackets via rubber vibration-dampening hardware. Here are the lower “hammock” mounts:
SPAL fan arrived. Since I’ll really only be using the fan in the pits I went with the slimmest/lightest 12″ option.
Radiator feed line… Super simple, two silicone 90’s cut to length, one of which steps down from 1.5″ to 1.25″, with a short aluminum joiner.
I made the joiner tube rather than buy it since I have a long stick of the appropriate aluminum tube. Started putting this Vibrant bead roller to good use to make that joining pipe:
Beads come out great:
