Reply to "Does Lay-down Rad require fan bracket removal?"

I am sorry to say I am one of those people that ended up putting my radiator back to the stock position. My setup uses a Fluidyne core with Permacool fans. The Permacool shroudless fans are over 3000CFM EACH(6000CFM total) but they don't tell you the minimum distance required from the back wall. With the laydown kit, the sloped wall behind the radiator became parallel to my fan blades. The reflected air fought the incoming air so my setup was very inefficient, even at highway speeds.
My friend has aluminum radiator with sucker fans, I think its a PIM set up, setup in the laydown position and his system works excellent. I think his fans have a total output less than half of mine but the fans have a built in shroud which may have helped with smoothing the flow to push the air out under the car, even in the laydown position. Go figure. BTW, he doesn't have hood vents.

My suggestion is to try out your new system without removing your stock brackets unless there is a clearance issue. Remove it later once you've run some real world test to your setup. Like I said before, one you cut your front brackets, it's a pain to put them back. I've never put mine back.

Good luck