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Old 05-12-2015, 09:56 AM
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Nice car, looks like it's in great shape!

Also very interesting to notice, I had wondered for a long time why on later versions of the D24T radiator the upper rad hose connection is aimed at a sharper angle than on the early ones -- on original metal rads from '85 and earlier the upper hose connection is almost exactly straight, but sometime around '86 it seems they aimed it much further inward, and also updated the fan shroud and the upper rad hose shape to fit the sharper angle. I had always thought it was just to make the battery easier to lift in and out without catching on the hose, but now I see the real reason, looking at your intercooled car -- they needed to get it further over so that it wouldn't interfere with the intercooler pipe on the TIC models! Neat, thanks for the good photos.

What are your plans for it? Welcome to the forum!
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86 745 D24T/ZF 345k lifted 2.5"
83 764 D24T/M46 155k

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