Day 8- Trying and Failing to Fit Radiator
During the day, while dad was at work I had tasked myself to spend an hour or two to tidy and fitting the radiator brackets, fan, cowling and the radiator. To start I screwed the fan to the back of the radiator cowling with the power cable on the right hand side of the car. Then I slid it behind the front ARB and loosely attached the brackets. I then proceeded to try and get the radiator cowling in front of the brackets and then far enough past it to get a 70mm long bobbin which in my eyes was completely impossible without completely bending the cowling out of shape and have the ARB rubbing against the back of the cowling.
Last week we had read through the radiator section of the manual to find all it says is that the SV radiator fitment is very different to the S3, and that the R400 (being used for 420 instructions) radiator fitment is very different. However it doesn't go into much detail into either and especially doesn't go into any detail into ow they are combined to build the radiator on our car... so we emailed Derek to ask how the hell this is done. He replied with some photos of a factory built 420 SV car.
Comparing the two cowlings it is easy to see why ours doesn't fit, as the one in the factory has a large key hole shape cut into it, whereas ours just has a shallower slot cut into it. At this point I decided to give up and go and ask Derek if we have the right cowling (AGAIN as we had previously asked as the cowling has "Sigma Radiator Cowling" Printed on it).
I am also unable to find the covers for the holes in the back of the radiator cowling, which also seem to be different through others' online blogs and from the images sent by Derek, so we will be asking about that too.
Last week we had read through the radiator section of the manual to find all it says is that the SV radiator fitment is very different to the S3, and that the R400 (being used for 420 instructions) radiator fitment is very different. However it doesn't go into much detail into either and especially doesn't go into any detail into ow they are combined to build the radiator on our car... so we emailed Derek to ask how the hell this is done. He replied with some photos of a factory built 420 SV car.
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| RHS roll bar passing through the radiator cowling and behind the radiator bracket. |
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| Our Radiator Cowling. |
I am also unable to find the covers for the holes in the back of the radiator cowling, which also seem to be different through others' online blogs and from the images sent by Derek, so we will be asking about that too.
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