When i was drilling out the spot welds on my rad support, my drill put grabbed the metal and pulled all the way through and punctured my rad halfway with a 3/8 bit. Lots of antifreeze started leaking out and the hole is exactly in line with one row. I was thinking of drilling it through, putting a 3/8 bolt in, and cycle it with radiator seal.

Can this be fixed? Do i have to buy a new rad

 

damn that woulda pissed me off!

Im not sure if you can weld that up or plug it or something.

 

could be fixed.. or you could buy a radiator off me.. see link in sig..

I wouldn't mess with it, personally..

Trying to do the JDM conversion with taking as little as possible off, eh?

 

I would buy a new radiator. It is one of the most important parts on an engine.

 

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I wouldn't mess with it, personally..

Trying to do the JDM conversion with taking as little as possible off, eh?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Eh, well those hoses were harder than hell to come off..

I was pulling the rad out, then got carried away with the drilling and cutting and thought i could get away without pulling it out..

Im going to try and drill out today and plug with a bolt.. See what happens

Dam, and i wanted to get my JDM 4-1 now too

 

You can buy a radiator plug kit at Autozone/Pep Boys etc. but it sounds like your hole might be a bit large for that (if you pardon the expression).

 

Don't get another Honda one, it will just crack in a few years like they all do. Do it right and get an aluminum radiator. Just my opinion.

 

Hmm, im going to try and solder it today with a blowtorch and some solder, and then pressure test it. I will let you guys know what teh outcome is.

 

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They do? I'm not sure I have every seen a report of one for an ITR. Even people who use their cars exclusively on the track keep the stock radiator.

 

I agree with you there now that I think about it...but the radiators are still plastic and itr's have only been around for 5 or 6 years....they usually go around 80 or 90k....not a lot of ITR's are up there yet....hell I'm only at 24k...

 

my itr one cracked two weeks ago.. i replaced it with another..

 

JB weld brotha, i fixed my stock ITR one like that, works great.

 

You could try that liquid sealer with the shards of metal, but I don't know if it woudl fil a hole of that size. If others have tried JB weld amd found it successful, its worth a try, but be very careful and keep a real close eye on it

 

i ran my car on the JB weld with it boosted for a while with the heat of my dumptube extremely close to it with no probs at all , it will hold fine.

 

To buy list: JB weld

 

I would by a new one, or fix it temp. and stay close to home.

 

Yea thats the plan, its just going to by temporary till i have front end paid off. I think i will invest in a C&R rad.

 

just buy a new fluidyne

 

jb weld

 

C&R

 

Put a good size hole in mine, sent it out to Scotty's, a local rad shop and got it patched for under $50(well that's what it would have cost ) Call around and see who you can find in your area, fawk a new rad.