Godspeed Radiator Install
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Allright guys it's in! It looks great amd most of all it works! Not keep in mind that this is a sub $200 radiator so it deffinately falls into the "you get what you pay for" category. The reason I say that is because it is not a direst bolt in. It wasnt difficult to put it in just a little time consuming. So 1st step is to obviously remove the stock radiator and remoce the fans from the radiator. To install the fans onto the new radiator I had to elongate the top mounting holes.
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After I mounted the fans I noticed that there were rather large gaps between the radiator and fans. To fix that i went to Home Depot and picked up some self adhesive pipe wrap insullation tape.
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I cut the wrap into about 1" strips and lined the edges of the radiator.
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On the outside edges I put 3 strips and down the center between the 2 fans I put 1 strip. Then I mounted the fans.
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Next was to attach the mounting brackets. Before you do this check to see how your brackets line up with tho hols in the radiator. With my radiator I had elongate the holes on one side.
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For some reason on the other side the holes lined up perfectly. I also noticed that because this radiator has those lips on the sides I needed to cut 2 pieces out on each side for the bracket to fit flat against the radiator.
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When I went to slide the radiator into the car I noticed that because of how thick it is that it wouldnt just slide down because of the shape of the frame wings near where the radiator sits. What I did was remove the pass side radiator mount from the radiator and then put it in place in the car and then I slid the radiator in. It still took a little muscle but it went in.
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After you get it in just install the top bolts, reattach the hoses and fill it up. One problem I had was where the bottom hoses conectos to the radiator was slightly closer to the center of the radiator i had to use some flex hose in order to get aroung my charge pipe.
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Here are some more pics.
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If anyone has any questions please feel free to ask.
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After I mounted the fans I noticed that there were rather large gaps between the radiator and fans. To fix that i went to Home Depot and picked up some self adhesive pipe wrap insullation tape.
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I cut the wrap into about 1" strips and lined the edges of the radiator.
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On the outside edges I put 3 strips and down the center between the 2 fans I put 1 strip. Then I mounted the fans.
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Next was to attach the mounting brackets. Before you do this check to see how your brackets line up with tho hols in the radiator. With my radiator I had elongate the holes on one side.
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For some reason on the other side the holes lined up perfectly. I also noticed that because this radiator has those lips on the sides I needed to cut 2 pieces out on each side for the bracket to fit flat against the radiator.
![](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b189/LEVNUBHIN/Miata/Godspeed%20radiator/IMG_5112.jpg)
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When I went to slide the radiator into the car I noticed that because of how thick it is that it wouldnt just slide down because of the shape of the frame wings near where the radiator sits. What I did was remove the pass side radiator mount from the radiator and then put it in place in the car and then I slid the radiator in. It still took a little muscle but it went in.
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After you get it in just install the top bolts, reattach the hoses and fill it up. One problem I had was where the bottom hoses conectos to the radiator was slightly closer to the center of the radiator i had to use some flex hose in order to get aroung my charge pipe.
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Here are some more pics.
![](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b189/LEVNUBHIN/Miata/Godspeed%20radiator/IMG_5137.jpg)
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I have the 1" FM bar in there and there is still a small gap between the bar and the fans.
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I looks like just a bolt. I didnt bother to mess with it.
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I need a temp sensor adapter to put in the upper rad hose. Anyone know where to get one cheap?
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Here are the same fans I have in my setup. They work perfectly.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/10-Un...spagenameZWDVW
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/10-Un...spagenameZWDVW
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i think im gonna go with these...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB..._promot_widget
group buy? ill see what i can do!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB..._promot_widget
group buy? ill see what i can do!