HX40 fit with fan shroud?

[Funfettie]

Hi there,
Im hoping to upgrade to a Holset HX40 from a pte SCM61, but im woried about the fitment of the HX40 with a mishimoto fan shroud. Anyone have experiance with fitment of the Holset turbos in pretty tight spaces?
Thanks!

 

[3kgt2nv]

2g's might be different but on my 1g i had to cut the lower support and move the radiator forward about 2 inches to get it to clear the mishimoto fans, its why alot of people i think just go with the half rad.

I am using the bep .70ar housing on the exhaust side so the stock housing would definitely hit.

here is with the radiator and the fitment of the turbo

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the rad moved forward 2 inches to give clearance.

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what i did to move the lower radiator support.

cut out the support

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installed a bar with mounting tabs welded on to it for the lower rad posts to sit in.

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final fitment

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i still had to clock the turbo 3 or 4 times to get it to line up so it wouldnt hit the fan shroud or the front motor mount. i also ended up making a new lower sub frame bar to make that smaller also so the intercooler piping would fit

 

[canada4g63]

Worse case just buy a honda half radiator

 

[Funfettie]

wow, thats some very nice work. I would do a half rad, but the car is a daily driver, and i have heard bad things about honda half rads on DD's.

 

[ZenkaiRacerDsM]

I have an HX40 in my 2G. I also still run the stock main fan with a triple core radiator that is a good deal thicker then the stock radiator. I would still be able to fit a slim fan on the a/c side if it weren't for my wastegate configuration as well. As of right now I have a pusher on that side in front of the a/c condensor.

For the main fan to fit the shroud had to be trimmed since the compressor cover hit it. Also I have brackets on my fan that offsets it from the stock mounting holes moving it towards the fender and away from the compressor cover. The brackets only move it a few centimeters. The shroud then overhung on the side of the radiator and I sealed it with race tape.

If your using a stock radiator you probably will only need to trim the shroud and not have to deal with the brackets. I am using a BEP .55 bolt on housing with a FP manifold by the way.

 

[forcefed86]

Using the 2g manifold and BEP housing would give you the most room i believe.

I run cheapo OBX manifold with less clearance than most HX40 t3 manifolds out there. If you buy a good enough fan you don't need a shroud. I have all my AC equipment still and won't overheat. I run a 16" spal slim high output fan on the driver side and a cheapo 12" deal on the pass side. It's very close and I run heat shielding on the hotside of the turbo.

 

[Funfettie]

Well, I just replaced the slim fans I had with a new mishimoto shroud so it's already in place and I dont want to gO through the process of selling it. I see that the budget punishment t3 manifold seems to provide a decent amount of room. Can anyone comment on this?

 

[3kgt2nv]

one area that may be a concern with the manifold is the clearance on the block side with the water pipe. When i was looking at manifolds it looked like the erl cast and a few of the high end tubular manifolds did the best job centering the turbo between the block and the radiator. I cant speak of all of them but i know alot of people seem to have issues with the water pipe hitting and having to dent it for the turbo to fit.

 

[andy4g63]

You did a nice job, BUT whatever you do, the AC fan most likely will melt from the heat from turb-manifold combo, period.

Try and install the AC fan on the outside of rad, in the same location as it would be on the inside/at least to keep the the air pushed thru the shroud .

Not to mention, you would run cooler temps, if you install some shielding/heat wrap around turbo,s hot side and DP. Also how much room you would have for the after turbo pre FMIC inter oiler piping???

 

[3kgt2nv]

my exhast is going straight out from the turbo and turning down for a low mounted side exit exhaust. As it sits right now the intercooler pipe is about 4-6 inches below the level of where the exhaust pipe will run.