Radiator fitment in a 90 civic lsvtec turbo????????

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Old May 16, 2004 | 04:35 AM
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Default Radiator fitment in a 90 civic lsvtec turbo????????

wassup guys I have a 90 civic and i running a ls/vtec turbo its a drag kit with a turbonetics turbo so the intake part of the turbo is on the left side. I'm have trouble fitting a radiator in there, I can't fit mine cuz it hits the turbo, ii'm tring to use a 99-00 civic si radiator but im wondering how it could be placed if anyone could help me out and if u have pics it a help
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Old May 16, 2004 | 07:23 AM
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if i remember correctly, many have tried running half width radiators so leave more space for all their turbo **** to clear. all the 5th gen cores are a little too high, so unless you want to tilt it at an angle, single core eg and dual core del sol vtec rads wont fit too well. you should check out the ef forums on some better fitment choices. i do remember some people saying neon radiators fit fine under the hood but i'm not sure how many have run them with boosted lsvtec's. good luck
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Old May 16, 2004 | 07:56 AM
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I remember when i 1st turboed my 90 si i had the same problem. The only difference is my inlet was on the drivers side . I got a 97 ex radiator from a 5 speed and i had to do alot to make it fit. 1st i cut off the lil round tabs to make it sit lower. Then on the lower support those tabs that it sits in i took out the rubber bushing and belt it down a lil bit. The worst part was having to cut up the hood supports i did it in a rush and put mad dents in my hood. I could have done a lil better job of gettin it it there but i rushed and it looked awful. A buddy of mine ran a scirroco style rad in his CRX and it fit pretty good its shorter so you can move it more twards the front of the car to clear everything.
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Old May 16, 2004 | 02:19 PM
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where can you get the scirroco style rad from????????????
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Old May 16, 2004 | 03:12 PM
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summit sells em they have one for 109 bucks so that not to bad i guess for a brand new rad.
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