Oops, radiator exploded

[Muncher]

15 minutes into a trackday my radiator exploded in dramatic fashion.

Left on a low loader.

The ends are plastic, same as the Elise and apparently almost inevitable that they will blow at some point. I'll be having aluminium end boxes welded on by some bloke who works at Lotus, looking at £120.

 

[Muncher]

I stopped immediately and was pushed off the track, no danger of damage as the coolant was still above the min level.

I have already removed the rad, it took about 8 man hours (me and my Dad for 4 hours) as the whole front clam, and surrounding bits need to come off.

Hopefully will be back on the road asap as I need to move the car in 3 weeks time when we have building work.

I don't think there are many parts of the car that I haven't dismantled at some point or another now!

Would still thoroughly recommend ownership, is reasonably cheap if you are handy with a spanner.

 

[Muncher]

I've got a £350 ProAlloy race spec rad, in the process of fitting it now. Actually got it for free but that's a long story...


To cap it all off, the exhaust on the Golf pretty much fell to bits today, sounds like a V8 now New system required though