Aftermarket radiators/ what should I get?
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My GSR runs on the warm side on the highway on hot days. It has a JRSC with with an LHT inter cooler and retains a/c. I believe the front mount to be impeding flow to the stock radiator enough to raise temps to 210. Which sets a cel and my S300 cuts power at that point if it sees boost. And I do have all of the factory air dam plastic in place. I realize there's alot of variables here and the radiators cooling capacity may not be my only issue but it seems like the best place to start. My water pump, t stat, coolant and temp sensor are all about a year old.
I plan on doing a track day at Road America in October and need to get the temps down by then. What radiator would you suggest?
I plan on doing a track day at Road America in October and need to get the temps down by then. What radiator would you suggest?
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Re: Aftermarket radiators/ what should I get?
My GSR runs on the warm side on the highway on hot days. It has a JRSC with with an LHT inter cooler and retains a/c. I believe the front mount to be impeding flow to the stock radiator enough to raise temps to 210. Which sets a cel and my S300 cuts power at that point if it sees boost. And I do have all of the factory air dam plastic in place. I realize there's alot of variables here and the radiators cooling capacity may not be my only issue but it seems like the best place to start. My water pump, t stat, coolant and temp sensor are all about a year old.
I plan on doing a track day at Road America in October and need to get the temps down by then. What radiator would you suggest?
I plan on doing a track day at Road America in October and need to get the temps down by then. What radiator would you suggest?
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We've had tremendous success with our CSF racing radiator. I put together a little blog post about it last year. Since our car is turbocharged we had to do some work to make a full sized radiator fit, but the quality and craftsmanship of the CSF stuff is hands down the best we've seen. I've been really happy with the performance as well.
Here's the post I put together:
http://boersmaracing.com/2014/09/01/...-csf-radiator/
Here's the post I put together:
http://boersmaracing.com/2014/09/01/...-csf-radiator/
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I used a Fluidyne half core for 5+ years and never had a single complaint about it.
I recently went to a Full size Griffin and so far I really like it.
I would highly recommend either of those.
I recently went to a Full size Griffin and so far I really like it.
I would highly recommend either of those.
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Thanks for the quick replies. I havent decided yet. I would like to pull the trigger on a CSF but they "deleted" mounting provisions for the stock fans. At low speed my OEM fans do really well and I trust their reliability.
Koyo radiators accept stock fans but im not sure how they perform.
Koyo radiators accept stock fans but im not sure how they perform.
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My CSF has been amazing so far. There was a write up on motoIQ about CSF radiators and how they had superior cooling to other brands. Could just be that they give them free ones though who knows.
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Ok so I was wrong. I thought CSF didn't sell a radiator with stock fan mounting provisions but thats only true with the K-swap cars. Im surprised they actually make a radiator specifically for K-swapped cars.
Anyways CSF radiator ordered!
Anyways CSF radiator ordered!
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Just did my first autocross with the CSF radiator installed. We ran the Motorplex go-cart track at Road America. Car ran cool all day but the weather has cooled down quite a bit too.
The quality and craftsmanship is excellent on this thing. And it fits perfectly in the car with the stock rad fans, ac line and a shielded jdm itr header in place
The quality and craftsmanship is excellent on this thing. And it fits perfectly in the car with the stock rad fans, ac line and a shielded jdm itr header in place
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