My car is my daily driver, also sees frequent autocross events and soon will be getting some track time at Summit Point.

As with many other owners it seems that my radiator's plastic end tanks have cracked. I stumbled across http://www.radiatorbarn.com who has CSF Aluminum Street/Race radiators with a lifetime warranty for $256. Seems like a good deal however I've never heard of this company before, http://www.csfimports.com. They're also having a deal now that if you buy a radiator you'll also get a free aluminum CSF cap good to 16psi(comes in like 6 different colors).

Core Size: 15/16" Thick (Two row is 2-1/16" Thick)

Opinions? Should I jump on it? Or wait for a deal with Koyo or Fluidyne?

 

I've seen cars with CSF stock replacement radiators and they looked good and worked fine.

We might be needing one for our turbo car since the radiator it has now ballooned when the head gasket blew a while back. I'll let you what I think if we get one.

 

I ordered mine, should be here tomorrow. I'll take some pics to show everyone and give a review.

 

I found a CFS High Performance All-Metal(brass/copper) Radiator for my 90 si for only $122.... does that sound good?

"This radiator has rugged, all metal construction(brass and copper with a black finish), not plastic tanks like the factory OEM radiator. The radiator core is twice as thick as the factory radiator, (1 5/16 instead of 11/16), providing twice the cooling capacity. This radiator also has twice the number of cooling tube rows as the factory radiator, (2 instead of 1), providing twice the flow. Although this radiator does not have the maximum cooling capacity of the All-Aluminum Radiators, it is an excellant choice for hard driving, high heat conditions. This is a direct replacement radiator, no modifications required. "

 

I bought a CSF dual-core all metal radiator for my car. It's the biggest POS i ever bought, stay OEM.

I ditched it 3 days after I bought it for a slightly used OEM radiator that was 1/3 of the price

 

when you say OEM do you mean honda...or just the original replacement metal/plastic?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BolivianDc2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I bought a CSF dual-core all metal radiator for my car. It's the biggest POS i ever bought, stay OEM.

I ditched it 3 days after I bought it for a slightly used OEM radiator that was 1/3 of the price</TD></TR></TABLE>

How did you determine that it was the "biggest POS you ever bought"? Because it doesn't look good? What was wrong with it?

I would have liked to get a replacement OEM unit, however the problem was finding one for cheap and local(don't trust buying used radiators to begin with). Acura wanted $500+ for an OEM Showa, sounded like a ripoff to me. F that.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Nihilation &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

How did you determine that it was the "biggest POS you ever bought"? Because it doesn't look good? What was wrong with it?

I would have liked to get a replacement OEM unit, however the problem was finding one for cheap and local(don't trust buying used radiators to begin with). Acura wanted $500+ for an OEM Showa, sounded like a ripoff to me. F that. </TD></TR></TABLE>

the OEM radiator cap didn't fit, the coolant spout that comes off the cap was non existant, I had to cap off a spout that is designed for cars with automatic trannies, the holes ment to hold the OEM fans weren't pre-drilled, it was made out of copper, and the nubs that fit into the radiator stays had to be messed with to line up properly.....want any more?

I would rather spend the money for one CSF on three OEM radiators and just replace them as they bust.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BolivianDc2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

the OEM radiator cap didn't fit, the coolant spout that comes off the cap was non existant, I had to cap off a spout that is designed for cars with automatic trannies, the holes ment to hold the OEM fans weren't pre-drilled, it was made out of copper, and the nubs that fit into the radiator stays had to be messed with to line up properly.....want any more?

I would rather spend the money for one CSF on three OEM radiators and just replace them as they bust.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Good complaints. I'm lucky enough to not have expirienced any of those.

 

Same here, I heard good things about CSF plastic, but the metal one I got is the biggest POS, they still haven't fix these problems after 1 year from your post.

I should have figure out what is going on before I order.


Modified by PandaBear at 8:23 AM 7/7/2005