In reply to wvumtnbkr :
There's an LS swapped 914 that has a couple tiny vents on the hood that look neat. Pretty sure it's been mentioned early on in this thread and he says they are more than plenty for his swap. I've thought about doing similar but I'd have to adapt something off the shelf to work or have a custom set made through Send Cut Send. I also don't want to deal with water intrusion to the frunk. Not that this will be a wet weather car.
I had hoped to get further along this weekend but sometimes plans don't quite .... uh... go to plan?
So I made some templates that didn't quite work out for the upper rad mounts. I mean it's a good thing that it's just cardboard and a little wasted time, but also I realized I should probably start with the lower mounts first. Then I can move to the upper.
Here's v1 of the lower mounts. I think they do what I want them to do which is locate the lower bosses of the radiator. I wanted to go light on materials, so a couple bent up sheet metal brackets are all that's needed. The flanges that meet the frunk surface will get a couple drilled holes for spot welds. Nothing fancy here.
I had planned for the rad to be leaned forward more but hood to mount clearance became a problem. If I lower the bottom bracket height and add an angle it's still possible to do the lean but it doesn't really gain me more space. It also kinda complicates the shrouding I'll need to do. Top mount is still in the planning stages.
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