Rear Mount Radiator - Bnr32

[felixy69]

so i am looking into the option of running a rear mount radiator so i can do a V-mount set up with the intercooler.

my car set up is BNR32 with RB30/26, big single turbo and looking to push 700hp with a future goal of 1000hp.

rear mount seems to be more effective then traditional mounting area because the path for air intake and exhaling air "CAN BE" very fast, smooth, and efficient if you spend the time to channel air in and out of the radiator.

mounting the rad in the front really limits how fast you can transfer air out of the engine bay, your engine is in the way and your hood is sealed, there's just no way to get hot air out.

now i am no engineering, i just dream about stuff like this at night.

so my question is.

with PROPER air channeling to the radiator, how effective will rear mount radiator be for street/daily driver/weekend track ????

thank you in advance.

examples

[luke gtr]

Going off the setup on the car pictured, looks to be alot of work for a street car...

It will also require moving the fuel tank.

And if you plan to drag the intercooler back there as well, i suspect alot of lag will be induced.

If you are really thinking about doing this, i would actually consider moving the firewall and engine back, to get better weigh distribution, and do a proper v setup in the front.

Seems like similar amout of work, for better results.

[zebra]

Why V-mount?

Tonnes of Super fast and Big power GTR's using the factory setup and even standard radiators and intercoolers

[DVS JEZ]

I like that gtr setup. Curious to see if the results are worth the effort

[KiwiRS4T]

The only rear mounted radiator I have seen was on a MB500V8 and it was boiling! Pipework everywhere and a major pain to install and maintain I would think. However anything is possible with enough time, money and will.