The radiator is a two core horizontal flow aluminum unit from BeCool. It is designed as a high performance replacement for 68 Camaro. It has a 2" inlet and outlet and is rated for 1000HP with cooling fans. There are two good choices for radiators, one being BeCool and the other being Davis Radiator.

Davis builds the units that Renegade use in their kit and area very good unit with internal restrictors, but my cooling needs exceeded what the Davis unit was rated for, so I went with the much larger BeCool unit with two 14" PermaCool electric fans. The BeCool unit was also more compatible with the Meziere electric pump.

I build a custom housing for the BeCool by first covering the radiator with .25" foam board and masking tape, then covering that with aluminum foil and aluminum duct tape, then fiberglassing the perimeter of the unit. After allowing it to properly cure I trimmed as necessary and removed the radiator from its fiberglass housing. I then mounted the fiberglass housing into the front trunk with more fiberglass matt. The .25" foam board that I removed after the mount had hardened allowed room for me to surround the radiator with rubber isolation foam when I mounted it.

The new firewall behind the radiator now seals to the hood to isolate the insulated area where the fuel cell is and serves also as a noise break for the electric fans. There are two cutouts in the hood that help supply air to the radiator and these each receive a custom louvered aluminum insert that will provide positive pressure to the radiator compartment when in forward motion.

 

 

INSTRUCTIONS TO BUILD RADIATOR MOLD:

What I did was:

1. I wrap my radiator in wide masking tape to protect it

2. I cut strips and sheets of 1/4" thick Binfang ( foam core art board ) and boxed the exterior of the radiator, I attached the binfang to the wrapped radiator using masking tape and Spray 77 ( spray adhesive).

3. I wrapped the whole thing in the wide shinny aluminum air conditioner tape ( looks like aluminum foil ) that you get at Lowes or home depot. This gave me a radiator that was now 1/4" bigger all the way around with a shiny slick surface that fiberglass would release from.

4. I started painting it with resin and fiber-glassed the needed areas with two layers of fiberglass cloth to get the exact shape , then started building it up with fiberglass matt.

5. Let it all set up before you move it.

6. Put it in the sun for a few days to let it shrink and set.

7. Take a die grinder and very carefully cut any excess fiberglass holding it in.

8. hose the whole thing down with water and the masking tape will start to fail where you can pull it out.

9. peel any foil tape off that stuck to the fiberglass.

10. prime, paint, install 3/8 closed cell automotive foam (auto-zone) -- or spray with a light coat of Wurth paintable undercoating and then paint

### If you really want to be trick

When you are wrapping the radiator with Binfang, add 4 sheets to the back of the radiator where the air passes through (finned area) and then when you complete you fiber-glassing you will have a 1" pocket in the back of the mold where you can cut two circles and mount electric cooling fans!