Second is for the fans. Made a couple of decisions for budget and aesthetics that I am confident will come round and bite me.
If they do, I will change it later.
1. The budget radiator came with a pair of even more budget fans.
2. I don’t want to see them.
They are pull fans so the only way to achieve what I want is to mount them directly to the back of the intercooler so the air-flow at least goes the right way. I doubt it will be enough and I will find out on a hot day far from home.
On the subject of cheap, they come with equally cheap fittings that have 2 obvious problems that are likely to cause them to rub and potentially damage the intercooler and cause boost leaks.
First problem tackled with some epoxy to hold the ears still.
Second is the metal springs. They supply squares of sticky foam that will last about 5 minutes so I printed some little cups to locate the spring and stop it rubbing through.
Put it together this evening, didn’t get a pic but realised too late we put the fittings in backwards. Still holds it but the springs are visible from the front.
Not the end of the world as the grill will hide it but a bit annoying. Nothing we can do about it without getting more fittings so will live with it and come up with some convincing narrative about how it’s like that by design!