radiator seem credible?

[Supra_Villan]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/_Car...72:774|39:1|65:12&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245.l1318
considering a purchase, bought from these guys before, not scammers, i have yet to run their product(4" fmic) but everything looks legit. What do you guys think?

 

[Poodles]

Same cheap chinese radiator more than likely made by the same chinese maker as the intercoolers all over ebay...

Personally, I don't like it because you have to fabricate top mounts for it, and it looks cheap...

 

[IwantMKIII]

if this is for upgrading, GL, looks like a pain as there are no mounts as poodles mentioned. If its for replacement as your stocker is bad i have a nearly new stock oem replacement for sale if you're interested.

 

[supraman74]

Top mounts, who needs those....
Side mounts ftmfw :evil2:

 

[Poodles]

Looks cheap, hope your side mounts are insulated, and you need a fan shroud if you want the fan to do anything...

 

[supraman74]

It was cheap, side mounts are well insulated.
The Stock rad needs a shroud, this dont.
100 degrees today and my temp didnt go above 190.

 

[mazzer]

koyo. $350 is nothing , for how well they work

 

[IwantMKIII]

personally i have fluidyne. The most costly i know of but works well. Just as a warning....

THESE THINGS GET HOT! They will burn you nearly instantly, i have numerous scars/burn marks to prove it, one is still healing actually.

 

[Poodles]

It was cheap, side mounts are well insulated.
The Stock rad needs a shroud, this dont.
100 degrees today and my temp didnt go above 190.

Wrong.

A fan without a shroud will suck air from the tips and around the radiator instead of THROUGH it.

I don't care what your temps where, it just means the radiator was working as an effective passive cooler/heatsink. Get in stop and go traffic and you will heatsoak it eventually and overheat.




I have a Koyo with custom shroud mounts for 7M fan shroud.

 

[IwantMKIII]

Wrong.

A fan without a shroud will suck air from the tips and around the radiator instead of THROUGH it.

I don't care what your temps where, it just means the radiator was working as an effective passive cooler/heatsink. Get in stop and go traffic and you will heatsoak it eventually and overheat.




I have a Koyo with custom shroud mounts for 7M fan shroud.

disagree. While i'd like to have a fan shroud in traffic, its not a necessety with the right cooling capacity. Ive used the fluidyne for over a year now in all types of climates primarily in high traffic areas, no overheating, however did run a bit hot around 205-210*. Last summer i didn't even have a T-stat (i didn't realize it at the time) so my rad was constantly heat soaked.

 

[Poodles]

If you're over the T-stat opening temp, you're overheating by definition.

 

[IwantMKIII]

by who's definition is that?

 

[IJ.]

personally i have fluidyne. The most costly i know of but works well. Just as a warning....

THESE THINGS GET HOT! They will burn you nearly instantly, i have numerous scars/burn marks to prove it, one is still healing actually.

ROFLMAO go price a PWR

 

[IwantMKIII]

ROFLMAO go price a PWR

exactly why i said i KNOW of :icon_bigg

 

[Clied]

Aren't the GodSpeed radiators better then these?

And I think there around the same price.

I always wanted a PWR radiator though...

 

[jetjock]

....its not a necessety with the right cooling capacity. Ive used the fluidyne for over a year now in all types of climates primarily in high traffic areas, no overheating, however did run a bit hot around 205-210*. Last summer i didn't even have a T-stat (i didn't realize it at the time) so my rad was constantly heat soaked.

That's some funny shit right there. Seriously...do you actually think about what you post?

 

[supraguy@aol]

I have a CSR aluminum rad, and It works great. It's shaped exactly like a stock unit, but is a 2 row unit made completely of aluminum, so it's a compromise between stock and high performance(~PWR) design. It's also at a middle price- I paid $230. If I had to buy off of Ebay, I'd prolly give the Haste a try, though is also probably a clone of the Koyo or something.

Oops- It's been so long since I got it- I forgot, it's a CSF radiator, and I paid closer to $300

.

 

[IwantMKIII]

That's some funny shit right there. Seriously...do you actually think about what you post?

funny or not JJ its true.

 

[jetjock]

Oh I don't doubt it's true. The funny part is you preach about having the "right cooling capacity" and advocate the Fluidyne (even claiming it "works well") then go on to conclusively demonstrate your cooling system has zero excess capacity. Forgive me for finding that humorous but come on, most people couldn't make that kind of stuff up if they tried...

 

[IwantMKIII]

Oh I don't doubt it's true. The funny part is you preach about having the "right cooling capacity" and advocate the Fluidyne (even claiming it "works well") then go on to conclusively demonstrate your cooling system has zero excess capacity. Forgive me for finding that humorous but come on, most people couldn't make that kind of stuff up if they tried...

TBO, im not sure what you mean by "zero excess capacity". What i said is from experience, period.