i recently ordered a dual core radiator from radiators.com and made sure it was dual core. the guy even said it was for vtec only, manual tranny, si-r del sol vtecs.

list price was $228 and he gave it to me for $99.

now, my friend says it should be like 2" thick, but its 1" thick. i need to know if this is dual core. i'm a noob to this swapping **** so bare with me. the 1.5l radiator was only 5/8ths of an inch thick.

can someone post an image or two so i can make sure its right?

 

it is acutally only bout 1.5 inches thick....is it thicker than the radiator you are replacing? if so it is dual core!

 

Look inside it where you would dump anti-freeze into it.. you should be able to see 2 different cores if it is duel core. this means you should.. i can't explain it.. just look inside it and if it has 2 flat metal shields goin down then it is duel.. if it has 1 then it's not.. You will only be able to see the tops of them since they travel down the length of the radiator.

 

you can tell if its dual core or not.. i ordered one from them once and they were about to send me one from a 1.6 sohc vtec del sol.. you have to make sure you say 1.6 dohc because they will send you the wrong one trust me.. i had to tell the guy like 4 times before he got it right...

 

well this is what i see:

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except, i only see several of them because i'm looking thru a little hole.

my car is covered so i cant open the hood to see my current one.

its one metal piece inside with two rows of openings. dual core?

 

thats dual core

 

 

So if I order a Del Sol dual core, it should be from the DOHC version, and it should be for a Manual transmission, correct?

 

Correct

 

THank you, what year(s) did Honda offer the DOHC in the Del Sol?

 

ask for a 98 del sol radiator, DOHC 1.6.. not sohc..... tell him that and you should be fine next time..


[Modified by jdmekcivic, 5:42 AM 1/9/2003]

 

umm. 97 is the last year if i'm not mistaken.

 

$100 is a good price. I'll be needing one shortly. Not suer if I am getting it from radiators.com or the local Napa.

 

I got my radiator from napa a few weeks back.. they use Modine.. i just needed a new radiator.. so i went in they had one in stock for 115$ i bought it.. opened it.. and it was duel core! i was happy.. it is also copper instead of regular metal..
Go napa if you want it now..

 

From Autozone ($100)



Entire shot:



Depth is about 1 1/4":



I don't think this is "dual core", but I don't know $hit I picked it up because if it's not I can return it and if it is well

What do you guys think? Dual or not?
I had the guy look up a radiator for a 96 Del Sol VTEC and the only thing he could search was "Del Sol"...... which showed this one radiator.

 

Im not sure if its dual core or not but it sure is a lot thicker than the Stock CX unit I have.

 

Someone said the radiator for the AT tranny Del Sol would be thicker. Any truth to this? And if so, what model specifically would you look for?