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WHAT RADIATOR TO FIT
lakey - October 19th, 2014 at 07:07 PM

64 BEETLE FITTING A 2.2 SUBARU MOTOR, i WANT TO FIT A RADIATOR AND AIR CON RADIATOR IN TH WHEEL WELL, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY IDEAS. OF MAKE AND SIZES PLEASE.

THANKS GUYS

Joel - October 19th, 2014 at 08:10 PM

My 70 Beetle when I got it which would have the same room as yours had an RX4 rad, probably from the donor car but I had a spare radiator for the 318i BMW which fit perfectly.

ian.mezz - October 20th, 2014 at 09:20 AM

some Audi ones fit
but best to get a new custom one made to take full benefit of the space you have to fit it
just pop into your local radiator shop and ask for some advice.

karmann141 - October 20th, 2014 at 01:00 PM

Hey Paul,

I pretty sure you could fit 2 small motorbike radiators in the engine bay:lol:

ian.mezz - October 20th, 2014 at 01:06 PM

nope motor bike ones go behind the front wheels on a bug. or
you get a long jeep on for in the engine bay of a bug , but first you need to drive over it in your car to bend it to the right shape :blush:

check

Mick58 build thread :tu:

ian.mezz - October 20th, 2014 at 01:11 PM

this one

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=67295&page=1 

:tu:

karmann141 - October 20th, 2014 at 03:59 PM

Just messing with you Ian, knew you had to bite.

urban_myth - October 20th, 2014 at 06:07 PM

I'm using an aftermarket alloy golf mk 2 radiator. Perfect size for the wheel well.

ian.mezz - October 20th, 2014 at 06:11 PM

the one in my mates dub works in the this way , I think it was out of a Audi ???
Dual flow :blush:
This simply means the coolant passes through TWO times instead of ONE. Which, even more simply put means TWICE the cooling and half the size radiator

http://www.chasebays.com/product/nissan-240sx/chase-bays-14-tucked-aluminum-r...

http://www.chasebays.com/ 

these guys make these little Radiators that cool up to 600hp cars

lakey - October 21st, 2014 at 05:34 AM

THANKS FOR THAT GUYS

tweety - October 22nd, 2014 at 07:40 PM

just wanted to mention that a Porsche "centre " radiator for a 996 or 911 is only 170mm high and 610mm wide 41mm thick and suitable for small thermatic fans 180mm diameter.

Could be an option to help with cooling rather than motorcycle radiators. they have 41.. entry and exit tubes so reducers are necessary.
Going to use one for my trike when my recoed ea81 is rebuilt

boof2332 - October 25th, 2014 at 08:50 PM

I have searched for years for radiators that fit..

When Jak, Paul and I did the conversions(10 years ago now) can you believe that shit.. I used an Alfa 33 Radiator. It was the perfect size.. fit two 10 inch thermos behind it and slid in easily. The problem was the inlet and outlet were on the wrong sides and I had to cross them behind the rad which sucks.


I now have a massive(too big) alloy rad from a skyline and cut the whole front of the car off and fabricated a new front which bolts to the pan and which the guards and front apron bolt on. took ages...

Get a custom one made which is about 560mm wide and 300mm high with top inlet on passenger side and outlet on the bottom driver side.

For a super bug or l bug I recently put a mazda 626 radiator in a mates car and it was wide and low with the right hose placement.

I had an aftermarket radiator product catalogue with all models and their sizes that I got somewhere. You can just look till you find one that fits and then check ebay for price.

Matt

boof2332 - October 25th, 2014 at 08:51 PM

The earlier the beetle, the taller the radiator you can use..

FYI

Joel - October 25th, 2014 at 09:11 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by boof2332
When Jak, Paul and I did the conversions(10 years ago now) can you believe that shit.. I used an Alfa 33 Radiator. It was the perfect size.. fit two 10 inch thermos behind it and slid in easily. The problem was the inlet and outlet were on the wrong sides and I had to cross them behind the rad which sucks.


Hi Matt, I remember Paul set his up the same too, you don;t need to cross the lines over, its a crossflow radiator so it makes no difference.

I ran the Alfa 33 radiator in mine for several years too with it flowing the opposite way and that was with an A/C condenser in front of it aswell.

surfbeetle - January 22nd, 2015 at 04:56 PM

I used a Scirocco style radiator from speedwaymotors.com