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PostPosted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:31 pm 
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I am still trying to make stuff fit from one car to the other. The clubman had an 1100 radiator and buggered if I can get it to fit in my round nose, Only thing I can think of is to ditch the shroud, but doesnt that defeat the purpose of having a better radiator?
Any info/ideas welcome !
PS thinking of just ditching it and getting alloy rads instead, but annoyed as I have a 1100 radiator that works just fine. (given it was on a supercharged 1330 engine it must be okay?)
cheers miki.


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PostPosted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:32 pm 
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I used just the top half of the shroud on my roundie with a morrie 1100
radiator, I also panel beated the top tank a little bit, to clear the bonnet.
I had no cooling problems with my 1330 ( I also ran a mini heater core as a extra radiator behind the grill ).


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PostPosted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 9:03 pm 
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The shroud will fit with some fiddling, but you will need to bash the top tank flat a bit and modify the safety catch, or the bonnet will not close.

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 9:18 pm 
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Righto.. so beat the crapola outa the top tank *check*
temp remove safety catch *check*
remove top half of the shroud *check*
then...
buy an alloy radiator to make it look nicer and fit!

Thanks for the help, I wanted to make sure beating the crap outa it was the right thing to do.
cheers miki.


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PostPosted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 9:21 pm 
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You got it. Unfortunately I don't think there is a way of making it neat. :(

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