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Old 01-30-2007, 05:23 PM
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Yea so anyway, got a nice new flexalite black magic fan for the yellow car...tad too thick tho, otherwise fits perfect.



any idea if i can cut the pipes off and just weld it like regular aluminum? or should i save myself the hassle and bring it to a radiator shop? do they still do pressure testing?



meh just rambling on. BTW the fan is hawt.



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Old 01-30-2007, 05:44 PM
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yep you can just cut and reweld, its just al-you-mini-yum
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Old 01-30-2007, 05:51 PM
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hmm, now i have to find extra lengths of aluminum pipe. ****.



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Old 01-30-2007, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by teknics' post='855897' date='Jan 30 2007, 03:51 PM

hmm, now i have to find extra lengths of aluminum pipe. ****.



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um my fluidyne (one of the first) didnt have quite the right size radiator hose pipes anyways. it was like the closest standard size.
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Old 01-30-2007, 06:05 PM
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meh, im gonna give it to the local muscle shop guys, let them do it, so if they **** it up i get a new one.



think the stock fan does over 3,300cfm? thats what my new fan is rated at, shroud covers the entire fluidyne core except maybe .25" on each side.



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thats good enough...
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thats what i figure, its the strongest pulling single fan they have on the market so i figure it should be fine. the thing is rugged compared to my old fiero e-fan lol.



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other thing is to duct seal up the radiator to the body, so the air only goes thru that
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Old 01-31-2007, 05:11 AM
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' post='855892' date='Jan 30 2007, 11:44 PM

yep you can just cut and reweld, its just al-you-mini-yum
Damn straight it is, none of this dropping the i nonsense.
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