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Anyone running an early VW Golf radiator up front?

Some of the Miglias run them and a quick search through ebay shows lots available at a good price.

Best bit is the inlet and outlet on the same side.

EDIT: Core Dimensions are 525mm long, 320mm high and 33mm thick.

Edited by Paul S on 5th Nov, 2008.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

have a look at the mk2 clio rads aswell.
inlet and outlet same side and a decent size. possibly a bit tall maybe but who knows.

wow, cheers paul thats a very handy bit of info - you even supplied the dimensions too!!

i'm going to have to measure up at some point during my build now to see if i can get a front mounted rad in there.

when you say early are you talking mk1 / mk2?

I was looking at this:



Clio looks interesting, although a bit tall.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

I have a VW Vento radiator placed in MOT 977L . (dim:528x299x22mm.)
With an electric fan and electric pump it works perfectly!!

I use a mk2 polo rad, possibly quite simlar

The mounting holes in my Miglia are 445mm apart so it looks like it may have had the Polo radiator in it.



It's a very similar size to the rad in MOT so should do the business.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

bit of a bump here.

is it definately the smaller golf rads that the migs run?

I saw a load at castle combe a few weeks back, and was told by 2 guys tehy were running mk4 golf rads, which are a 650x415 core....

I've just ordered a mk4 golf rad and it's arrive, but it looks fecking HUGE!!!!

Does anyone have any idea of the dimension from the subframe to top of slam panel on the mini? I don't mind if it sticks proud a bit, but if it's way too big I'll have to rethink and get a mk3 gofl rad instead.....

Mr. Prawn, the friendly Crustacean- slowly making steps towards forced induction.