Finally "broke" after 1100 miles
I was taking pictures of the car today for the blog and noticed that something finally "broke" on the car. The whole time I've been driving it, I've been expecting "the other shoe to drop" and have mostly met with success.
The driver-side radiator mount lost the one and only bolt/nut/lockwasher holding it, so the radiator was only being held by the passenger-side mount.
Not good because if that mount goes, the radiator is being supported by the two radiator hoses/plumbing which is not very sturdy.
I have some ideas on how to beef up the mounting brackets but I think I'll just put some better quality hardware on there for now until I get a chance to really spend some time on the nose of the car (the ducting), which may require me to change my mounting strategy.
The next VMIC setup I do, I will definitely use a "beefier" mounting strategy than the brackets I fabricated for this project.
The driver-side radiator mount lost the one and only bolt/nut/lockwasher holding it, so the radiator was only being held by the passenger-side mount.
Not good because if that mount goes, the radiator is being supported by the two radiator hoses/plumbing which is not very sturdy.
I have some ideas on how to beef up the mounting brackets but I think I'll just put some better quality hardware on there for now until I get a chance to really spend some time on the nose of the car (the ducting), which may require me to change my mounting strategy.
The next VMIC setup I do, I will definitely use a "beefier" mounting strategy than the brackets I fabricated for this project.
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