72 Demon now underway
One of the first chassis mods we wanted to do was get the front frame rails strengthened so we ordered the XV lower radiator support brace.
Good enough product but these guys have it backwards. They ship the brace "cut down" so the stock radiator lower tank won't fit (ie run a crossflow). They include two tubing sections that you have to weld on to run a stock radiator. Made me have to weld up these extensions and finish the welds; 2 hours I didn't need to spend. WHY NOT bend them up to fit stock and let me cut it down if I don't need the clearance??? I'll also note their mandrel bending is not great with a lot of distortion on the inside bend. Quality square tube bending uses an inner die that doesn't gather the metal but forces it to concave into the inside radius.
I chose to "flush" the brace to the core support, bringing it as far forward as possible. Took more cutting and fitting this way but to my eye it looks more "right" than tucking it behind the original lower rad tin.
One of the first chassis mods we wanted to do was get the front frame rails strengthened so we ordered the XV lower radiator support brace.
Good enough product but these guys have it backwards. They ship the brace "cut down" so the stock radiator lower tank won't fit (ie run a crossflow). They include two tubing sections that you have to weld on to run a stock radiator. Made me have to weld up these extensions and finish the welds; 2 hours I didn't need to spend. WHY NOT bend them up to fit stock and let me cut it down if I don't need the clearance??? I'll also note their mandrel bending is not great with a lot of distortion on the inside bend. Quality square tube bending uses an inner die that doesn't gather the metal but forces it to concave into the inside radius.
I chose to "flush" the brace to the core support, bringing it as far forward as possible. Took more cutting and fitting this way but to my eye it looks more "right" than tucking it behind the original lower rad tin.