I was driving today, and my car stared to get warm. The needle moved above the regular spot, and because I was stuck in traffic, the fan was the only thing moveing air through the rad. Which got me thinking, has anyone run two rads before? I have a half size civic one, and I was thinking about putting two rads in. I would have to get hose to attach them in series, but definately possible. But how well will this work? Honestly it only get hot enough for about 2 months here where it would make a difference but which is why I won't want to but a larger rad, and dual fans. Tell me if you guy think this is possible, or is it a huge waste of time.
BTW, I have an aluminum half size, in there and the stock dual core civic one in my garage. Since I have no AC I can fit it in the opening beside it.

Ohh just cam t mind, will the header heat up the second rad, making it useless?
Or is an oil cooler the way to go?

Just a crazy idea, feel free to write whatever.

 

Why get 2 when you could get on full size that will do the trick?

 

crazy idea
just get a full sized one.

 

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Agreed, just get a quality efficient one and some good fans

 

just get a full size one, wrap the exhaust manifold with hear wrap, and get an oil cooler.

 

Fluidyne radiator FTW.

I only have one fan on it and even after long idle in heavy traffic it never even touches halfway.

 

Are you saying you have a half-size Civic radiator on your ITR? If so, it's undersized to begin with. Just get a full-size as suggested here. The plumbing for two half-size radiators would be a pain in the ***, and bleeding the system of air bubbles would be annoying as hell.

Edit: Also, an oil cooler won't do anything for water temps.

 

what type of fan are you running?.. but yeah, you should have better results with full size radiator on itr.

 

why are you running a half size? is this a turbo setup and full size doesnt fit?