these radiators any good?

[mattygti-r]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSAN-PU...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2a124ffb16

or should i just buy a Koyo?

 

[Spikey]

Yeah they seem fine... I have used both and never had a Problem. just get decent Fans...
Actually this year im using the std radiator. Never had any problems with them either.

 

[mattygti-r]

with the koyo tho you can use stock fans, so i assume with this one you cant?

 

[Spikey]

If you read through it it says:

All hoses, fan shrouds, brackets fit as per factory making it a 100% bolt on.

So guess you can use the Factory Fans.

 

[PobodY]

You might find it's not a matter of them bolting on, it's a matter of them clearing the turbo etc (particularly if you've up-sized it).

 

[Spikey]

I don't think there is much wrong with the std Radiator plus is less weight

 

[MarkTurbo]

I don't think there is much wrong with the std Radiator

You mean apart from the fact that its paper thin and dosen't have the cooling capacity for anything other than a lowish powered road car :lol:

 

[skiddusmarkus]

I've got a Koyo rad with standard fans and its fine with a gt3071, no real clearance issues and the rad is very thick.

 

[samgtr]

Or you could fit a uk spec rad which is thick enough

 

[CruiseGTi-R]

http://www.absoluteradiator.com/ProductPage.asp?idProd=89

These guys also used to do an uprated oe version, which has twice the fins, but not as thick as 50mm. Worth checking with them if they still do em.

Mine's been fine in the hottest summers and you don't lose space infront of the turbo with the oe fans.

 

[mattygti-r]

i bought one of the above, and seems ok, not the best quality ever, but it will do for now, until the KOYO arrives

 

[simigeri]

what are these two small holes on bottom?

 

[PobodY]

Isn't that for if you have an automatic transmition and it needs a cooler?

 

[simigeri]

But these two plugs are so clode to each other, so I can't believe is there any water flow

 

[PobodY]

That's because there isn't. Transmition fluid flows through it. - Think of it like a small heat exchanger.

 

[pulsarboby]

as the man above said there is no fluid going through them its merely a heat exchanger pipe running through the bottom header.
you can use those pipes if you wish as cooling pipes for your power steering fluid if you link them up

 

[johnsy]

iv not long fitted an ebay rad, holds alot more fluid than standard and help keeps temps down on track, i would nt bother using the bottom cooling accessory, the amount of times i remove my rad it would a proper pain in the ass to keep draining the ps fluid or whatever you had attached

 

[nimhbk]

Other option is to get a custom Job
i just paid £230 for a copper Radiator (which is identical almost to my radtec one apart from the core being larger), and was only small amount more than the ebay job listed.
worth asking about at a local rad shop