pics of my BECool rad and RC dual fan setup

[FlyinGN]

here are pics of one of my winter projects. Its a *beautiful* BeCool rad (#66062) for turbo regals. It is the ONLY alum rad out there that has BOTH engine and trans coolers built in.. Its a work of art.. and also how I installed a Ramchargers dual fan setup on it. I grafted the fans TO the rad instead of to the brackets like some others did. I did this because now the fan shroud is tight up against the the core so i won't need any sort of gasketing to keep the air from escaping from between the shroud and the core.. I found these studded fasteners called Rotalocs where you eboxy them onto any surface and now you have studs to mount things on to. I used the strongest epoxy that Loctite has .. Used for fastening the space shuttle's nose cone. here are the pics.
Notice the size difference between the BeCool rad and the factory rad too. What do you all think?? Will I have cooling problems anymore?? heh heh

 

[norbs]

Looks very impressive, how much was the rad alone?

 

[FlyinGN]

Mark, you don't wanna know.. I got it for $525 but list is over $800 I believe.. Mine was new btw. I got a heck of a deal

 

[broke1]

Where did you get it for $525??? Gotta tell us the source if it a vendor,help your TR brother out

Dont see thta PN in Summit either. The one they sell for GN's is $1099 with fans

 

[FlyinGN]

I got it from a guy here on the boards selling it before he ever installed it..
The one in Jegs/Summit without the fans is $800 if I remember right..
here it is on BeCools site..
http://www.becool.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ProductSearch.woa/1/wo/5rzdW03Xt69cuxmX2UHuCM/5.17.0.3

here it is at jegs. i was wrong. Its $700 there.

http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=2301&prmenbr=361

 

[broke1]

Thanks for the links

When you get it in the car let us know if it is a true "bolt in" radiator that requires nothing or one that requires a little tweaking. Thanks again

 

[aperrego]

MAN THAT LOOKS GOOD! I wonder if the Mease INTTR1 would fit with that?

 

[FlyinGN]

Thanks guys.

Broke1- I had the rad in already to line up the fans and marked where to place the tab/studs. The rad fit *perfect* dropped right in and the top rad plate bolted right up nice and easy.. Like it was made for it

 

[TurboDave]

As an ex Griffin aluminum radiator user. I have to ask this question:
Do you happen to know what the fpi (fins per inch) count is on this rad?

 

[FlyinGN]

Dave, Im not 100% sure HOW to count the fine per inch but here is th eactual count. If you count each up and down I get 12 fins per ince. IF I count only the imaginary centerline between each fin I get 6 per inch.

 

[TurboDave]

12 sounds like a realistic figure. And with that you should be OK. Unfortunately, the Griffin I had (a prototype with both coolers), had a 18fpi count. This is pretty typical of the griffing nascar radiators, etc. Unfortunately it didn't proove to be very practical on a street car that seldom sees highway cruise speeds of much over 70-80mph. The fin count was much too high, and airflow through the radiator was significantly impared.
This however isn't much of a problem on a 200mph stockcar

YOu should be just fine with the 12fpi

Beautiful job by the way!

 

[FlyinGN]

Thanks Dave

 

[BLACKHAWK38]

Originally posted by FlyinGN
here are pics of one of my winter projects. Its a *beautiful* BeCool rad (#66062) for turbo regals. It is the ONLY alum rad out there that has BOTH engine and trans coolers built in.. Its a work of art.. and also how I installed a Ramchargers dual fan setup on it. I grafted the fans TO the rad instead of to the brackets like some others did. I did this because now the fan shroud is tight up against the the core so i won't need any sort of gasketing to keep the air from escaping from between the shroud and the core.. I found these studded fasteners called Rotalocs where you eboxy them onto any surface and now you have studs to mount things on to. I used the strongest epoxy that Loctite has .. Used for fastening the space shuttle's nose cone. here are the pics.
Notice the size difference between the BeCool rad and the factory rad too. What do you all think?? Will I have cooling problems anymore?? heh heh

" TOP DRAWER PARTS" , the icing on the cake would be a Brassworks BRA-1621 FLOW-Kooler water pump, summit stocks them but are not shown in hard copy catalog.

Again, "THUMBS UP" !

Blackhawk38

 

[FlyinGN]

thanks. I have a top quality aluminum water punp with a flowcooler type impeller. Can't remember the manufacture tho.. I installed it 2 years ago. 800 miles ago

 

[GN ERGY]

They are a really nice radiator. I bought a Be cool from a guy who never installed it for $550. I spent the time to polish mine before installing it. I went with the dual spal fans with it. It COOLS great.
Tarey D.