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Originally Posted by dlisabeth\";p=\"
Yoshi-
The car looks great and very structurally sound but I have a couple questions for you. *Why did you mount the radiator way up high like that? *I know it gets great airflow there but I think it looks like an afterthought and will block quite a bit of the drivers view in the rear view mirror. *The other question is about the limit straps, where did you find those? *I think a nice heavy duty set from Kartek would not only look much better but would be more up to the task and stretch less over time. *Other than that the car looks awesome and I can't wait to see one out at Glamis soon.
Derek
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Radiator wasn't an after thought. *I mounted it like that in my first rail. *I mounted it lower in the second rail and even though it was huge, the fan was always running, I wanted it to stay cool so I mounted it higher up, altho I could have mounted it in the tail section down low if I moved the gas tank. *The fan didn't run that much last weekend in the dunes so I know it's doing the trick. *I've talked to some other busa rail owners that say they have had over heating problems as well, even with bigger radiators and sometimes mounting them lower is blowing a lot of heat on the motor, gas tank, and/or wiring which causes problems. * *If I mounted it up higher in the tail, it would be outside of the frame and except for the lights, nothing is outside the frame that would prevent the rail from driving after it was rolled. *Gas tank, radiator, airbox, etc, if those kind of parts are outside of the rail, even a minor, undamaging roll can prevent the car from going anywhere. A lot of the fulsize v8 cars run the radiators up high like that so it's not an unusual placement. *Never used a rearview mirror, but some side mirrors aren't out of the question if someone wanted them....
On the straps, I have some coming from Kartek. *The ones on the rail now, I built last year for the other 2 seater. *I bought the tubelar, woven material from the Army surplus store and overlapped it a few times. *It hasn't stretch very much at all in all the use it's had, but I will be replacing them before the rail is shipped.....