Now I ordered off E-Bay the Nissian Silvia s13 alloy radiator with the twin thermo fans on monday and received it on friday so friday night i fitted the radiator and i tell ya what it looks the goods. Really happy with it even if its a Chinese made product found the welds to be brilliant and value for money in my opinion. Was a bit worried about the fans hitting the water pump pulley but no issues what so ever plenty of clearance. Made up a few mounting brackets on the radiator support and rubber sleeved the bottom of the radiator with some L brackets to stop it moving back perfect. Only thing was how am i gonna run these hoses? By this time it was 10:30 pm friday night thought thats it ill go to autobahn 2morrow and see what kinda silicone radiator hoses are avail. Went in today and had a few boxed up kits on special. Found a BA/BF XR8 GT silicone hose kit then remembered my GT has a long ass bottom tank hose and i could prob use it for the thermostat housing to the top radiator outlet. (my manifold hasnt been adapted to the front :? ) so purchased the kit and went home. opened the box and did a rough outlay and guess what? PERFECT!! just had to cut off a few sections and bobs ur auntie. bottom hose required to cut the other hose in half and use a piece of stainless 1.5 in in diameter a join it together. Thought ide post it up cos its really not 2 bad using the hose and if u didnt want to spend the cash on welding manifolds this is a cheep way out even if u wanted to use the rubber hose instead of silicone. i took a few picts just to show how it set out.
ford bottom radiator hose
flared bit that needed to be cut off
cut and this is the bit that gos to the thermostat housing
Top hose under the manifold
Hose from water pump with join to bottom tank
Bottom tank bend with joiner in it
Top view
Side view
Well thats how i did it. Hope it helps ;)
