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....3 months later finally past the thinking stage ....I'll see how the car likes living with this slightly more restricted airflow for a while before repositioning the old fan currently upfront to its new home behind the rad. Trimmed the new cowling which originally had the same perimeter profile as the cowling behind the rad with a jigsaw to fit snuggly one inside the other ... then bolted them together like this



took the old fan and pwm controller unit off its old front mounted frame and mounted it in the new adapted cowling (used some more bolts with spring washers to secure very firmly) behind the rad. im gonna run it like this for a week or two to make sure it doesnt overheat vibrate etc. was a bit worried it would vibrate too much as the old fan frame is actually cushioned with rubber grommets where its bolted to the car. but it runs smooth vibration free as before & aircon no change there either so looking good touch wood