i know this has been done before...i was just wondering if someone that has done it could give me some pointers on doing it. i plan on boosting my car in the near future and want as much room as possible to work with. i know when i put the half rad in my crx it helped me out a LOT when i boosted it as far as giving me more room to work with. thanks in advance for any help

 

mine is currently set up like that now and when its hot outside it sucks not the car just gets to hot ive checked everything at least 3 times a week to see if something is clooged or anything at all and i cant find **** but besides the point it did free up alot of space and looks cool

 

i'm looking forward to doing the civic half radiator in my DA also...Need as much room as possible in them DA.

 

skinnyshugg-any details on how it was made to fit? i havent had enough time to go out in my shop and try it out yet due the working a lot of hours and then being in a motorcycle accident the other week. im kinda laid up right now and am doing research for when i can go out and work on it again.

 

I put the EG dual core radiator in my car I also installed Full Race traction bars, this solved the problem of my raditator sitting on the crossmember but left me with no mounting tabs.

So first thing my friend did was cut off the old radiator mouting tabs from the core support and he then welded tabs onto the traction bars for the radiator to sit on. Sorta like a pedestal. We used old sway bar bushings [OEM nasty rubber] for cushions. Had we not, it would have rattle really bad.

Up top we used a 92 civic si upper radiator bracket to secure the radiator from teh top. I had to drill 1 new hole for the upper bracket though. We welded the nut to the upper bracket then threaded it through the bottom.

hope this helped.

 

4sd4dr-that did help and i plan on getting traction bars in the future, but cant at the time being due to my accident and not working (no money). but that did help. thanks

 

i mean basicly it pretty much fit in there it is a tight fit but you move your hoses around and it sits in there pretty good oh and on mine i couldnt reuses any of the hardware so mine actually sits in there freely but like i said it is a tight fit but other than that it works out pretty good and also i removed power steering and a/c with all of its b/s and there is more than enough room for a huge turbo set up !! ill try to post a pic for ya


oh and sorry to hear about the accident , hope all is well and g/l on the recovery!!

 

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Please make sure you secure it. I mena if the radiator is sitting on the core support it could potentially rub a hole in the bottom. Also, it going to rattle really bad and make **** load of noise.

One thing I forgot to mention was you can use your stock hoses but you willl need to cinch them down with worm clamps. This is the case if you are using a radiator made for the 92-95 civic's. 92-95 Civic's have 32mm hoses where as the Integra [90+] have 36mm. What I did was I took an old POS hose from a friends parts car and cut the ends off. I think I measure 1" from the end and cut it. I then slipped the 32mm hose inside the 36mm hose and viola... no mad tyte cinching had to be done.

Again, good luck. I love DA's [and db1's and db2's]

 

thanks for the help guys, i appreciate it. i cant wait till i can get back out in my shop and work on my car again. recovery sucks ***!

by the way, stop by civicland.com and help me get the DA section going. there isnt anyone else on there for DA's but me and its getting kinda boring. they just added the section and i guess no knows about it.