LQ4 into a 3rd Gen/1972 Nova by frojoe

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These trimmed L plates are the "modular" part of the bushing support design. If needed, I can remove these in the future and slot/redrill the holes or make new ones to shuttle the radiator forward or backwards for whatever reason....

The bushings currently place the radiator offset 3/8" back from the steel structure I'm making, which is the nice compressed thickness of the silicone seals, if/when I eventually seal the radiator itself to the core support structure...

With the radiator removed and the steel structure flipped over, this is what the intercooler would now look like if viewing the car from the front...

Ample gap on either side of the intercooler to the steel structure, with the idea that if the intercooler needs to be removed, it can just be lifted directly up without having to remove the radiator or grill or anything additional other than the charge piping...

This angle shows why the steel structure was clearanced/necked down at the bottom (and why the 1/16" plate gusset was added to the side to reinforce)... the necking is to clear the charge piping and couplers with the intercooler slammed rearward directly against the radiator (worst case fitment)...