i have a turbo integra and im gonna get a lovefab manifold soon and i have a eg civic radiator, its not the dual core one. do anything think i will have cooling problem running one of these stock single core radiator?

 

it is not advisable to run that single core rad. You are decreasing the coolant capabilities of you setup and that is the direct opposite of what you want to do.

 

yeah i know but the lovefab manifold requires a single sided radiator

 

get a fluidyne

 

umm get a delsol dual core radiator. it will work perfectly fine and only takes up half the space and is double the thickness of the single core civic radiator

 

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so everyone is either using the del sol dohc vtec radiator or a aluminum one such as fluidyne or koyo or pwr????

 

yeh go get yourself a new aluminum rad especially if your going to be raising the boost...dont watste your time on stock rad that you will have to replace again sometime in the future

 

i switched to the dual core from a civic with my new setup and have not had any problems with it.i think the aftermarket radiator are nice but are not neccesary.

 

i dont believe you will have any problems with a singe core radiator.

 

I would agree, I think they are highly overrated. I just bought a factory one and it comes with a lifetime warranty, and I know many people who run the stock one making big power and have no problems. I figure if your gonna pay 300+ for a radiator it should at least have a lifetime warranty but they don't. So I just stuck with the factory one brand new 119 with the warranty.

 

it couldn't hurt to try it since you already have it and imo i think it will be fine... I don't recommend you run the 24 hours of lemans or anything but that aside...

 

I replaced mine with a full length fluidyne only because the stock shitty end caps broke. That is the main reason people stay away from the plastic end tanked radiators, because of the cracking problem. I have a single core radiator on my car now (half length) and haven't had any problems, but I will probally upgrade to a dual core just to make sure it doesn't overheat.

 

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No way that's from Honda. You are talking about an aftermarket factory replacement, right?

 

IM in the same boat this minute..
Im just gonna get the dual core PWR for a EG Civic and slap it in my TEG....

 

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Yeah. Buy a Fluidyne if you want to overpay on a radiator which in comparison to C&R or PWR is inferior. I guess if you are looking for the ability to say, "I have a Fluidyne radiator," then I can understand where you are coming from. Here is a quote from Earl and a link to a thread which will further convey where I am coming from.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=752521

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You can see from the posted PWR pix, the PWR is also reinforced on the sides unlike the Fluidyne. PWR uses 18 fins per core inch whereas Fluidyne has 16. All the stock mounting tabs are included on the PWR. </TD></TR></TABLE>

What he means by the reinforcement on the sides is that when you blow a headgasket or alot of pressure builds up for some reason inside the radiator you don't have to worry about the PWR, however, the Fluidyne is notorious for ballooning. This is also because the Fluidyne is a single large core radiator, the PWR and C&R radiators are dual core.

But, the main reason for this post is because I always hear, "Buy a Fluidyne!" Most people will agree that Fluidyne no longer has the best product or the best price, I just want people to know their options.