With the engine now in and the installation of new engine mount bushings thanks to my mate Alan, it was time to move onto the ancillaries. But quickly to note, the engine mounts are polyurethane bushings made by Powerflex.
The radiator i opted for was the EK civic half size radiator which many other people doing the same build on Ausmini have used quite successfully. It was a rather tight fit. I had to cut little parts of the body here and there to make it nice and snug, but nothing very important. Lucky for me my front spar was just the right height to have the radiator sitting on top of it and still clear the bonnet.
The issues i found with fitment were basically the height of the radiator, the location of the bottom water outlet, the wrong size outlets and the dump pipe clearance which i would soon find out. I removed the bottom outlet as i am planning to TIG weld sum new outlets anyway. The starlet outlets are a weird 28mm and the civic radiator was 32mm, if i purchased 32mm radiator hose it would fit just fine but since i was relocating the bottom outlet i might as well change them to the correct size and purchase some 28mm hose later.
Moving on. I made a small tab at the bottom, off the front spar which bolts to one of the standard civic mounting points. The top was fixed by making up a little bracket that is bolted off the side of the engine bay body.
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