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Replacing the radiator: alternatives
Replacing the radiator: alternatives
I recently smashed the front end on my N12ET and bent the radiator.
Rather than buying a 20 year old radiator from a wrecker does anyone know if you can retro fit a radiator from another car?
Thanks
PJS
Rather than buying a 20 year old radiator from a wrecker does anyone know if you can retro fit a radiator from another car?
Thanks
PJS
- Ben Hewitson
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just get a second hand one and reco it. - a couple hundred dollars.
s13 one- mounted like this it looks like there is less room!
s13 one- mounted like this it looks like there is less room!
162.4kw - 588.8nm
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- Ben Hewitson
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i wil basically have it slighlty smaller so it fits in the hole in front of the radiator(the hole in the) radiator support so it will move forward about an inch . so ispose itll be about 2inchs shorter and about 2-3inchs narrower and will have the hose inlet/outlet in close to stock positions and will use silicone hosing to connect it up but first i need teh engine in and the stock radiator squeezed in there on and angle i rekon
ahhh see i thought of that crap ages ago i got 2 8or 10in cant remember DC thermos they fit over top of the cooler just gotta work out my shit also if ya wanna go half teh size a suzuki swift one fits nicely and keep temps under control they are aluminium my mate had one fitted with a cooler right next to it very neat and stock looking install very short piping as well
- tassuperkart
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If it helps, my radiator is out of a late 80's Honda Prelude and it fits snugly within the cutout in the radiator support panels.
50 bucks from pick-a-part.
It took me about an hour to fabricate some simple lower mounts. I used the stock Honda upper mounts.
The water outlets are in almost the same spot as an ET radiator but face straight back. easy. In the end I had the top outlet altered slightly to clear the battery in the stock position and i made some radiator hoses out of some generic water hose bends.
Dont get too excited about aluminium radiators tho lads.
Ally radiatirs are so common because they are cheap and easy to fabricate and look really trick.
Thats about where any advantage ends.
An aluminium radiator of X dimensions and volume is roughly 1/3 LESS efficient than a copper radiator of the same dimensions and water volume.
No matter what the makers claim.
L8tr
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50 bucks from pick-a-part.
It took me about an hour to fabricate some simple lower mounts. I used the stock Honda upper mounts.
The water outlets are in almost the same spot as an ET radiator but face straight back. easy. In the end I had the top outlet altered slightly to clear the battery in the stock position and i made some radiator hoses out of some generic water hose bends.
Dont get too excited about aluminium radiators tho lads.
Ally radiatirs are so common because they are cheap and easy to fabricate and look really trick.
Thats about where any advantage ends.
An aluminium radiator of X dimensions and volume is roughly 1/3 LESS efficient than a copper radiator of the same dimensions and water volume.
No matter what the makers claim.
L8tr
E
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- cherryturbojames
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bursons
Last time I was at Bursons they had brand new aluminium radiators in varying shapes and sizes starting at about $180. Looked a bargain to me.. the were the type that the core flow from top to bottom, not across. Bursons is like repco for those where it doesnt exist.
Sam
Sam