Well I had a to do list that was already way too full, but while I had the blower off today, I decided I was going to finally swap back to a stock thermostat. And while I was doing that, might as well swap in this cut down radiator I've had sitting for way too long...

After measuring everything to make sure it wasn't an obvious no-go, it dropped right in with little fuss (pulling the stock piece was a different story). As a pleasant surprise, even though it's a true 3" thick, it fit like a glove and I didn't appear to lose any space between the fans and motor. Not only was I able to remove the 1" drop spacers on the cradle, but I do believe there is room for a 4" intake pipe (although I'll leave the dongle for now).

I was under the impression when I bought it, that it was an RSD radiator. But after looking at the RSD pics again, and looking at the construction of Ron Davis radiators, I'm fairly certain this is actually a cut down Ron Davis radiator. Odd part is, I'm finding almost no info on such a thing. I've seen a possible mention or two of it, but no pictures, other members that have run it, and it's not on Ron Davis' site. Can anyone confirm that Ron Davis ever made a cut down version?

I've searched the part numbers on it and got nada. It's also got what looks like an order number and name scribed on the bottom with a Nov 2017 date.
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Turns out the stock fans aren't quite ideal for the cut down size but I got creative and made it work. Really took quite a bit of time to massage a/c lines and bend brackets so I could get the condenser down low enough for the charge pipe to sit level. Painted the old A&A bracket and charge pipe to go with the black V3si I picked up recently. It's not perfect, but much better than it was and it's no show car.

This is with no spacers in the cradle. A 4" intake tube might be a tight fit, but if that ever becomes a reality, spacers will make that easy. I'm going to enjoy the additional ground clearance for now, which was my main objective