Lowering Radiator

[kaich 6 1 Cars]

to fit the long inlet manifold of mi 16 in a 205 I need to lowering the radiator

a usefull topic is:

http://forum.205gtidrivers.com/index.php?s...iator&st=40

but I need to know how many mm I have to lower my 205 GTI radiator

Regards

[DrSarty 90 1 Cars]

I don't think it's a measured science, and we can just say 'lower it 48.7mm'.

 

A good guideline is to use the bottom of your front valence as the lowest it should go. Tom M and I and perhaps a few others went below that, in my case by about 50mm with the 2 rad mounting studs still on. I then ground those off so it was protruding 25-30mm below the front valence. This I then covered/hid/protected by fitting a cut-down Renault Laguna splitter.

 

So really you can lower it quite a lot (like we did), or somewhere in between. The most common method seems to be making some brackets that screw to the metal panels under the headlights which support the bottom of the rad. I doubt that any have been lowered in the same way; they're all custom fit.

Edited February 8, 2009 by DrSarty

[philfingers 5]

you don't have to lower it. You can move it forwards, which is what I did with mine and it all fits ok. I actually used a flap disc on the fan housing and made some quite severe cuts to it but it's all in now and running. Possibly some pics in my project folder at http://s188.photobucket.com/albums/z143/oi...%20Rally%20Car/

[kaich 6 1 Cars]

thanks folks

I can't move forward because there is aircon radiator

so I have to lower the radiator, basically I need only two new L brackets ; otherwise I can use a radiatore from another model (eg BX 16V?)

Regards