I have been working on (slowly) installing a used Vortech kit. I was about to install the coolant reservoir, water pump, and radiator for the after cooler but can't seem to figure out how exactly the radiator is supposed to be mounted.

When I bought the used kit I knew there were some parts missing including the mounting brackets for the radiator. The previous owner said that he had the radiator welded on. I ordered the new brackets from Vortech but they don't seem to be the correct ones. The picture in the current Vortech installation manual shows the radiator to be light / silver in color, with the inlet and outlet on the short end of the radiator. The radiator that I have is black with the inlet and outlet on the long end of the radiator. I am wondering if Vortech had revised the radiator design at some point.

I have seen pictures in DIY's, written on this site, that show the same style radiator as I have but none of the picture clearly show how it is mounted.

Could somebody please post a picture showing how the radiator is mounted?

I will post pictures of what I have versus what the manual shows tonight.

Thanks in advance.

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Mounting brackets that Vortech sent me:

Radiator that I have:

Picture from installation manual:

 

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Those brackets don't look like the ones on my old kit

 

Which radiator did your kit have?

 

It looked like your 2nd pic.

 

Do you remember what your brackets looked like? It seems to me that they would just be a simple "L" bracket, probably with two holes on each side of the "L".

Pardon my poor drafting skills.

 

Ha, They actually did look like that. 2 at the bottom, and one at the top corer than bolted under the hood latch corner bolt.

 

[QUOTE=Slows2k,May 12 2009, 06:53 AM]Ha,

 

Please ignore my question. I talked to Vortech during lunch today. I am returning the brackets that were sent to me and they sending the correct ones.

Thanks for your help.