eaton fitted now radiator does not fit

[davidg40]

Hello, i am david 25 years old from holland.
I have a 93 polo g40 with an eaton blower.
I completly rebuild my motor and fitted an eaton on it, and when i had put it back in the car the troubles began.
I found out that my stock radiator does not fit anymore.
It is a bit too high because the eaton can hit it.
Wich radiator have you fitted to solve this problem?

I hope you can help me.

Greetings david

[davidg40]

Can anyone help me

[hayesey]

you'll have to be patient.  There's not many people at all doing eaton conversions.

Would moving the position of the standard radiator not be easier than fitting something else?

[davidg40]

I tried almost everything.
Tomorrow i will strip the radiator from his fan housing.
And then i am going to puzzle again.

A member from our dutch polo forum said i had too look here beacause there are more guys with eaton conversions in england.
He was proberbly wrong.
Non the less i hope you can still help me.

[youngprodigys]

i fitted mine by lowering the radiator on a custom made brace- not on the original.
a few others have found a solution by tilting the radiator forward to create space or using a slimline fan like pacet or kenlow.

here was my old setup - radiator is out of sight lower down

[sparkz786]

i have the eaton conversion not done by me, was on the car when i bought it, and the radiator used looks to be a slimmer one with a really slimline radiator on it. but it was held on with tie wraps which im trying to rectify now :/ seems to be a bit of a ballache if im honest :/

[GR40]

I had a similar problem with you when I fitted my eaton! The way I solved it was I cut and extented the hoses and moved the radiator a bit further front, just enough to clear the charger, really easy to do!

[vwmk3jon]

Mine was moved slightly further forward, almost sat touching the intercooler.

Very possible to do with a standard rad, just abit of an arse!

[vee-dub90]

mine was moved over slightly to the right and im sure it was a gt rad as it looks pretty small, stock hoses too

[vwmk3jon]

Ive got some pics of mine. Can post them up if theyre any use?

[davidg40]

If you would do that.
They could provide usefull info.

[davidg40]

Could anyone post some pictures of the brackets that they used.
I think they are part of the problem, that the charger is to far away from the engine.

[GR40]

I hope these can help u! This is how I fitted my eaton! Slightly forward radiator and a bit turned and used the original intercooler but reversed the flow to it!