The manual states you should use 11mm spacers for the bottom. Nothing like that was in the kit so I cut down some stainless tube I had. When I put it in place there were a couple of things I found. The first was it fouled the bolts holding the nose cone in place (see posting below) so I changed those:
Second was the top bracket pushed the fan too close to radiator (it was touching).
I had 2 options: either re-bend the top bracket or move the radiator forward slightly. I selected the 2nd option for 2 reasons: firstly I had some plastic spacers that I could use to move radiator and secondly it meant the lower hose would have a little more room to clear the chassis:
The one risk is that when I come to fit the nose cone the radiator will foul the bodywork. I've seen in a couple of build diaries people have had issues when the radiator has moved forward but they moved it far more than the few millimeters I've moved it.
I also decided to rivnut the top bracket rather than rivet so that it would be easier to remove later if needed. I didn't have any M4 rivnuts so something to do later.
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