Draggin99Si

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Luserkid

I had my car turboed with a SOHC radiator and never had a problem until my headgasket blew.

Stingray96

i have a gsr turbo running a stock radiator...only started to get hot once....continuous runs though

Lmgrcivic

you will be fine you could run a H motor with a SOHC radiator and be fine

dohcVTECeg2

you shouldnt have any probs unless of course your beating the hell out of it

Sifu

Sorry to bring up an old topic but Im about to put a new radiator into my car too and was wondering how the "tape" around the neck of the hose inlet is holding up? Anyone else tried this without any problems??

axtran

My buddy Ahmed used his stock DX SOHC radiator to cool a B18C5. He kinda drove fast so it kept cool, but he never had any problems. If anything, I say protect your investment and upgrade

Sifu

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by axtran &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">My buddy Ahmed used his stock DX SOHC radiator to cool a B18C5. He kinda drove fast so it kept cool, but he never had any problems. If anything, I say protect your investment and upgrade </TD></TR></TABLE>

Sounds good enough for me for now I guess. What hose did he use btw? or did he use tape? Nothing wrong with that either I assume?

thehatchninja

just get a radiator from a del sol VTEC....it fits right in, is twice the thickness, and is only about 100 from the parts store.

sprayinBseries

theres no draw backs

Sifu

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Good luck finding one where Im from, our local autoparts store dont carry radiators and finding one second hand is even harder. As usual honda charges you a fist up the **** for one new.

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In terms off??

Everyones Hero

I guess this may be OT, but as far as protecting your investment:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...%3AIT

around $75 shipped for a radiator. My friend just bought one for his F22'd lude and his dad said that the welds were really good. High quality stuff from that seller.

Sifu

Im sorry I didnt make it clear, Im from overseas, shipping would kill me

gwl

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Draggin99Si &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I am currently running an SOHC radiator on my B16 motor. Since the neck on an SOHC radiator is smaller than that of a DOHC radiator, I had to generously wrap teflon tape on it so that it would not leak after the stock DOHC radiator hose was put on.

Driving the car around town, the temp needle is stable at about 1/3 of the way up.

My question is........ are there any drawbacks to using an SOHC radiator on a DOHC motor? Since the Civic EX radiator was designed to cool a 127hp engine, I was wondering if what I'm doing is ok.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I would worry about the teflon tape. Your hose could slip off. Teflon tape are to be used around threaded pipes.

Sifu

Ive been reading up on some threads and it seems like some people use a cut off piece of the old civic hose and then put the integra one over that and it seems to work so Im gonna give that a try

CRXified

i used the stock civic upper one and heated the end that goes on the motor up with a torch and forced it on, its real snug and ill never have to worry about it comming off. for the bottom hose i used a 90-93 teg hose and it fit prefect. this was a b16 in a 92-95 hatch

92eg4me

if your using the factory hose clamp....junk that thing and get a real hose clamp, tighten it good, and you don't need the tape.

el_toro_de_magnifico

i had an sohc radiator with my b16. i noticed that the fan was overworked. it kept switching on in shorter intervals than with my sohc engine. also, when i replaced the stock radiator with a thicker aftermarket radiator, the stock radiator cracked right where the upper hose is connected. it go brittle and weak. i woud suggest you get a bigger radiator.

MugenHonda

it depends, some sohc radiators are pretty beefy
it all depends on your application of use
a stock b16 is fine

Sifu

My one is going on a b18c, but I think it should be alright because it aint a track car or anything, just a daily driver

Slopoke

Since the hoses are too big, I usually just use two hose clamps on the radiator. I've never had any leaking problems.