I just got the an R standard header and civic 1/2 sized rad installed in my R.
tell me what u guys think.
specs: 2" primary, 2.5" collecor. equal length.






sorry for bad pictures..





Modified by itr1244 at 2:24 PM 1/29/2005

 

Do you have any before and after dyno comparisons?

 

why are you running a smaller radiator? weight savings?

 

Did you see that header?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Reid &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Do you have any before and after dyno comparisons?</TD></TR></TABLE>

no.. thing is i never got my R dyno'd... ever.. so i have nothing to comapre.

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no.. if you take a look at the header.. it has really long primary... and it wont clear stock ITR rad. so only way to fit this header is to run civic rad.

 

yeah I see why now, didnt realize it stuck out that far. I wasnt paying attention before.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by itr1244 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">no.. thing is i never got my R dyno'd... ever.. so i have nothing to comapre.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Get your car tuned on a dyno, then post up the plots.

 

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Get your car tuned on a dyno, then post up the plots. </TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah.. i really wanna know what kind of number my car is making.. i will do that when my car is drivable.
#1244 = in storage with missing parts.

 

That is an insane looking header. Wonder if the smaller radiator will have an negative effects on your caR during prolonged driving or track events?

 

Do you have any pics of how you mounted the civic radiator?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by opie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That is an insane looking header. Wonder if the smaller radiator will have an negative effects on your caR during prolonged driving or track events?</TD></TR></TABLE>

i dont know.. hopefully not..
one interesting thing i found.. when i installed 1/2 sized rad..
i empted all coolant from stock itr rad and put it back to civic rad.. funny thing is it took exact same amount of coolant that was in stock R rad IN civic rad.

and i found out that civic rad was twice as thicker than ITR rad.

so i hope it wont bother me with cooling issues.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B2FiNiTY &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Do you have any pics of how you mounted the civic radiator? </TD></TR></TABLE>

hehe.. it's not professionally done yet.. it was little DIY thing ...

i used stock itr rad fan, hose. so there was some modification ..

i used few zip ties until i get this thing REALLY mounted.

i still have to move my rad support where it holds the rad .. the rubber thing.

 

Nice pick up man...
I would like to see the numbers as well becuase I just ordered one

-Austin...who has about 3 weeks left before his AN-R shows up

 

dennis all has to do to allow for use with the smaller radiator is to move the other radiator mounting tab over. and vis versa for cibic guys
thats what i did

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B18C5_EK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Nice pick up man...
I would like to see the numbers as well becuase I just ordered one

-Austin...who has about 3 weeks left before his AN-R shows up</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah.. i would have to wait 3 weeks too if i got it from AN-R.COM. i think they take 3 weeks to handbuild it.

i got it off a member here.. so i got mine pretty fast...

are you getting the standard one? or compact version?.. with compact version you dont have to mess around with rad.. which is good thing..

 

if you get in an accident, your header is for sure going to go bye bye.

 

Nice header. Shiney.

My concern is about how close the right side of that radiator is to the header. It looks as if both parts are contacting each other. Wouldn't this make the cooling system work harder than it should? Or do some kind of damage over prolonged time to the metal of that radiator? I would think that the extreme expansion and contraction of that thin radiator metal would make it crack IMO.

Aloha,
Brandon

 

I am in consensus with you as well Brandon. Seems the header and radiator are so close to each other that they are basically rubbing on one another.

You may want to look into giving the header more room apart from rad.

 

Oh boy, I just noticed that too. Not sure if that radiator housing is plastic but if it is you can kiss it goodbye when those runners heat up.

 

such a sweet header

 

yeah.. i know.. there is bad clearance between the header and the rad ..

yeah the rad is not properly mounted yet.. so when i actually weld bracket for rad in right poisition.. there will be better clearance.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nightrider &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if you get in an accident, your header is for sure going to go bye bye. </TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah.. that's right.. i never thought of that yet...
damn i need to pay extra attention when i drive..

 

That's a sweet lookin' header. Wonder how much power it makes?


&lt;----who, after seeing those pics, wants that header and a new C&R rad.

 

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yeah.. that's right.. i never thought of that yet...
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lol, will you care to admit that this was an impulse buy? jk.