Ok well in as my luck is running this week,I drove my civic to work for the first time and the radiator sprung a leak YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok so I am trying to decide on what to buy,keep in mind I am planning on doing a B series swap in the future so I might as well get it done now,so I have been looking around and heres what I have found.....

Typical Ebay raditator/
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...QrdZ1
(anyone know if a stock fan will work with these? also has anyone ever heard overall quality of them?)

Mishimoto Radiators
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...QrdZ1
(these look like a little bit better quality than the egay cheap ones BUT it states that you cannot use stock fans and I have seen that OEM radiator caps will not work-so thats over $200 easy with a fan and cap)

Stock Koyo replacement
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...QrdZ1
(this is obviously OEM drop in,but it supposedly flows 10-15% more than stock,this is the cheapest way but its not pretty and shiny )

Koyo polished radiator
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...QrdZ1
(this is the most exspensive but the most impressive looking but I am not sure if the stock fans will bolt up?)

well those are my choices atm,any ideas or any links to other good resonable radiators is fine,also if I get a SOHC radiator,can I still use it down the road with my B series or will I need a B series specific radiator? I belive the hose sizes are diff 28mm on D and 32 on B but I could be wrong....I have heard using the B16 del sol radiator will solve this problem? any input would be great thanks!


Modified by oldskoolaccord at 9:31 PM 11/21/2006


Modified by oldskoolaccord at 10:03 PM 11/21/2006

 

oops fixed links

 

check these guys out
http://www.tunerzimage.com/Radiators-s/121.htm

i ordered one for my eg and i tried the stock fan on it for fitment and it fit but i replaced it with a flex a lite fan cause i've got a b series swap. had to modify the lower mounting bracket for the flex a lite fan to fit perfect but it fit
this is the fan i bought
http://www.amazon.com/Flex-lit...otive

 

thanks for the info,my civic is a 98

 

try getting a del sol VTEC dual core radiator. They're not pretty but its OEM fit and you won't break the bank.

 

I purchased a Mishimoto radiator from tunerzimage here on Honda-Tech. Theres two people I found selling them and the only reason I purchsed from tunerzimage was he was closer to me. The other guy is in Florida. The stock fan will bolt up, but I ended up purchasing a slim fan from b18bturbo. The hose fittings on the Mishimotor radiator are for a B series so you will be just fine with your B swap.

 

I have a mishimoto on my 92 civic w/gsr swap and it works really really fine. No problems whatsoever.

 

I got this one about two weeks ago http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW It was cheap, but it is actually really good construction. Only thing is you would need an adapter for B series hoses. Just another option for you. And yes my stock fan fits perfectly

 

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thats what I got on mine. its been great so far

 

Nicest one I've seen for the price:

http://www.full-race.com/catal...id=76

 

I have a mishimoto and the stock fan and cap works fine with it. I has the mounts to screw the fan into and everything.