duncanm

Gee, its quiet around here.

Did a trip down to Canberra way a week back. Taller 5th is appreciated, and I was reminded just what a surprisingly comfortable and capable grand tourer this thing is with the TT engine in it.

I did notice some minor engine temp rise during stop/go traffic in a hot spell we had in Sydney a month or so back. Once the engine is fully up to temp and heat soak sets in, the pissy electric fans I have aren't up to the job. I need to up-spec them at some point before next summer.

Anyone know if there's some slimmer Subaru OEM fans that are likely to fit?  The gen3 fan motors are too deep and interfere with the front of the engine with the fatter rad core.. 

Wow - sure sounds like a targeted theft attempt - why else would someone spend so much time trying to steal an old L series?

Some inspiration for you.. an Italian RS resto.  Mostly fluff, but an entertaining watch

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alloy bar - my vote would be black of some sort, or strip it back (possible?)  and clearcoat.

White will get messy with bugs, and wrinkle silver, as you say, never comes out right.

Nah, not covid Duncan! Burning coolant smells sweet due to the anti-freeze in it. Glad you got everything going nicely! What brand fans etc did you end up going with?

Got some photos of the finished product? I'm tossing up the idea of putting a thicker rad in the track car, but still sitting on the fence about it at the moment...

Cheers,
Ben

yeh - definitely a covid/flu thing - I know what the usual glycol coolant smell is, and for a day it smelt to me like pancakes instead.

No photos - but they're the standard slimline aeroflow/mishimoto style. I unbolted the OEM fan and motors, ditto the slimlines, then drilled three mounting holes in the OEM frame to match the slimline motors and mounted them on it.  Badda bing, badda boom.