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Aluminum radiator, junk or not?

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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 01:04 PM
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godspeed aluminum radiator. is it junk or not?

if its junk, what companies make good quality aluminum radiators? im not lookin to spend like 350 bucks on a full sized mishimoto...
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 01:05 PM
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i have an ebay aluminum radiator....been working perfectly fine for about a year now.
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 01:36 PM
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godspeed aluminum radiator. is it junk or not?

if its junk, what companies make good quality aluminum radiators? im not lookin to spend like 350 bucks on a full sized mishimoto...
I bought one from autozone for 85 bucks lifetime warranty, it has worked fine for me so far.
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 02:18 PM
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dude i wish i lived near your autozone. my local autozone wants 98.99 for a stock radiator. 349.99 for an offbrand aluminum radiator, and thats just a regular sized one! and advanced auto has the same junk, just like 10-20 bucks more than autozone.
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 02:00 PM
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go to theboombopshop.com......i got a mishimoto radiator for my eg for 188.00 shipped
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 03:12 PM
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get good brands
fluidyne,koyo,mishimoto
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 04:27 PM
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What kind of car is this going in? I usually just swap in a del sol vtec radiator
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 05:54 PM
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mishimoto radiators are on ebay man ive seen one for as low as with shipped under 200

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mishi...Q5fAccessories
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 05:54 PM
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Why do you need so much cooling?
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 05:59 PM
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i think he wants it for the bling factor

Godspeed made ok products. For some reason i think the company tanked but don't hold me to it. So many companies have tanked in the past few years i can't keep track then again it might be the long history of drug abuse but thats for a different thread.

For most applications the DOHC VTEC del sol radiator works great. However if you can get this for a good price i'd say go for it.

If it's used locally i'd get it pressure tested first.
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 07:35 PM
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just go with name brand aluminum and
your good..like fluidyne for example.
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 09:13 PM
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well im lookin to put an aftermarket one into a 94 dx hatch with a b16a from an SiR. yes, its mostly for the "bling factor", whoever said that. But a penny saved here is a penny towards something else. and ive got a lot of other things on the list...
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 09:57 AM
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Hard parking on a budget?
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