any one running ab ebay civic half radiator? need feedback on quality and performance. worth it?

 

im using one. the quality and performance is amazing for the price. one problem though.. it comes with a junk radiator cap, but the stock civic cap wont work on it, actually i dont know what cap would work on it.. does anyone know ?

 

i've been using an ebay civic 1/2 rad in my prelude bout a month now, and its leaking somewhere, i just dunno where yet.

i gotta add about 1/3 of a gallon of coolant every two weeks to keep it topped off, but no over-heating issues yet. just running a LITTLE warmer than i would like it to.

i'll get back to you if/when i figure out where its leaking

 

you sure its the radiator leaking? even if it is, its aluminum. wouldnt take but a second to weld her shut.

 

my buddy has been using one for awhile now...no problems

 

I bought one for 40 bucks.. No problem yet.. I thought ebay is wack, but turned out it'st pretty damn good!!

 

I've been looking at those Mishimoto radiators for around $100 shipped. They look like a great deal and has good feedback about them. If my del sol dual core goes out then I'll pick one up.

 

To the people who have/are thinking about these radiators: simply look inside of the radiator and you will see that the coolant passeges are much smaller than an OEM radoator, and nowhere close to those in a Koyo/Fluidyne/PWR etc. They are junk, and you get what you pay for.

 

I just purchased a Mishimoto one and have heard great things about them.

 

so far i've heard more good things than bad about these ebay radiators. i'd rather get a fluidyne but how would a civic dx radiator do with a b series turbo setup? intermediate abuse?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nfn15037 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">To the people who have/are thinking about these radiators: simply look inside of the radiator and you will see that the coolant passeges are much smaller than an OEM radoator, and nowhere close to those in a Koyo/Fluidyne/PWR etc. They are junk, and you get what you pay for.</TD></TR></TABLE>even if they are less flowing then an oem radiator(which i have not compared it to) i have yet to see a car overheat as a direct result to one of these being installed...i wouldnt buy one but for people who have a cracked oem one and cannot afford a name brand one i see no real reason why they wont work

 

I bought a yonaka off some sponsor on here....the only things i was unhappy with were the fact you cannot use your oem cap(now i have a mugen cap on my beater ) and mine didnt have the dimple on top to use with the stock holdown

Other than that,not bad for $150

 

Here is the place I got my cap for my Ebay Radiator http://www.absoluteradiator.co...pt=11
Note: You'll want to the first one pictured (mini) because its for the longer profile necks of these radiators. The Stock style cap is a lower profile radiator neck cap.
You can all thank me later hahaha.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by portenio78 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Here is the place I got my cap for my Ebay Radiator http://www.absoluteradiator.co...pt=11
Note: You'll want to the first one pictured (mini) because its for the longer profile necks of these radiators. The Stock style cap is a lower profile radiator neck cap.
You can all thank me later hahaha. </TD></TR></TABLE>

does it matter which brand it is? Koyo or Fluidyne mini?

and hey! youre on my site!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by reactiondc2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">even if they are less flowing then an oem radiator(which i have not compared it to) i have yet to see a car overheat as a direct result to one of these being installed...i wouldnt buy one but for people who have a cracked oem one and cannot afford a name brand one i see no real reason why they wont work</TD></TR></TABLE>

Sure, they will work for farting around town, but they are marketed as 'racing radiators' which they are not. Put a car on a steady state dyno with one of these radiators. The difference between a junk radoator and a quality one becomes apparent in about 20 seconds no matter how big the dyno fans are.

 

No it does not matter which one of the minis it is. I personally have the KOYO one.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nfn15037 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Sure, they will work for farting around town, but they are marketed as 'racing radiators' which they are not. Put a car on a steady state dyno with one of these radiators. The difference between a junk radoator and a quality one becomes apparent in about 20 seconds no matter how big the dyno fans are.</TD></TR></TABLE>i have seen one of these on a dyno and it had no problems at all...even after about an hour of pull after pull during a tuning session...oh and by the way that was on a turbo gsr powered ek(high boost too) with a 4 inch downpipe running right down next to the radiator

 

damn i don't think koyo or pwr makes a half size and fluidyne's cheapest is $300, that's double/triple the price of ebay ones. i've bought cheap parts in the past and have had bad luck with them. i just need something that'll work. i'll just borrow my buddy's duel core and think about it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by teddy_dc2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">damn i don't think koyo or pwr makes a half size and fluidyne's cheapest is $300, that's double/triple the price of ebay ones. i've bought cheap parts in the past and have had bad luck with them. i just need something that'll work. i'll just borrow my buddy's duel core and think about it.</TD></TR></TABLE>koyo(pretty sure pwr as well) makes a half size...i dont know how much though,id assume all the name brand ones are priced about the same

 

my mishimoto works great and it was like $130 shipped. the only complaint is that the cap is a little tuff to take on and off when u first own it but it will loosen up especialy if u r like me and checking your fluids pretty much every time u put gas in the car.





fan $20 radiator $130 over flow $75 having more room to stuff a top mount in my car (someday) priceless.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by reactiondc2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i have seen one of these on a dyno and it had no problems at all...even after about an hour of pull after pull during a tuning session...oh and by the way that was on a turbo gsr powered ek(high boost too) with a 4 inch downpipe running right down next to the radiator </TD></TR></TABLE>

Good for you. I was simply conveying my personal, first hand experiences with crappy radiators. I'm glad the one you 'saw' worked out.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nfn15037 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Good for you. I was simply conveying my personal, first hand experiences with crappy radiators. I'm glad the one you 'saw' worked out.</TD></TR></TABLE>well since it was a very close friends car that i helped build i guess that it was pretty much first hand experience for me as well...alot of people have used those ebay radiators with no problems whatsoever...maybe you just got an exceptionally bad one

 

Love my mishimoto.. Got it for $64 plus shipping off of ebay.. It's holding great.. My friend has the same one with great luck also..

 

yeah i found the one for $64.80 and about $100 shipped. i guess it's not bad for a radiator, i'll give it a try and if i don't like it, find a way to return it.

and mat, where you get your fan for $20, direct fit? also will there be enough room for my ram mani? looks a little pass the center of car.

 

i actually have a mishimoto radiator in my closet right now. i was having overheating problems with a stock fan and stock integra radiator. but right now i have 2 pusher's on the fullsize.

i dont know if im going to end up using the mishimoto because i dont know if 1 fan and a halfsize will cool good enough.

idk what to do yet. =\

let me know how it works out for you.