I just bought what is supposed to be an aftermarket del sol dual core rad, but I'm not sure how to tell if its really a dual core rad.
How thick should it be?

 

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How thick should it be?</TD></TR></TABLE>

very very easy.

its twice as thick as your stock one. stock one is about 5/8" thick (core, not tanks). del sol vtec one is about 1-1/4" thick. very very noticeable; you don't need a measuring tape to tell the two apart!

todd

ps i have an all metal one, barely used, for sale. best offer!

 

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ps i have an all metal one, barely used, for sale. best offer!

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Will it fit a 95 Civic Ex Coupe (EJ1)? If so, how much? PM me.

 

here is a pic of one i was dissapointed in how thin it still was. deep down i hoped it would be like 2 inchs thick, i new it wouldn't but im also a wishfull thinker

 

That looks like a single core to me.

 

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agreed

 

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both of you are wrong, a single core civic rad is about as wide as a pencel you can fit two pencels in this things width.. hence its a DUAL core rad.


go look under the hood of a SOHC 92-95 civic, you will see

 

that looks the same as the one that I bought; 1" thick. But there'd only one row of holes inside. But its aluminum so I wonder if that would make up for not being dual core?

 

here is a picture of my del sol vtec radiator for sale. noticably thicker than the one you have. and its all metal, too:

http://www.we-todd-did-racing....D.jpg

thats definitely a del sol vtec rad!

good luck with your car!

todd

 

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Ugggh, I guess you haven't seen a del sol dual core before. go look under the hood of a SOHC 92-95 civic, you will see</TD></TR></TABLE>

Ok. I have a 95 SOHC and slammed_93_hatch's looks just like mine. I definitely have a stock single core. Todd Reid's is a dual core, slammed_93_hatch's is most definitely single core.

See pic. Stock single core SOHC out of my 95 hatch. Most definitely smaller than Todd Reid's dual core.



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How many rows of passages are inside your rads?

The 78 civic rad I have now is actually a dual core rad, its about 2" thick. I'm worried it might be clogged though.

 

mine i have is twice as thick as the one my car came with but is not as thick as the ones shown

 

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Hmmm, I guess I'm wrong then. Yours looks just like mine. The del sol dual cores I've seen all have been as thick as Todd Reid's.

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Yours looks just like mine. The del sol dual cores I've seen all have been as thick as Todd Reid's.
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Ditto. Todd Reid's is a dual core, while slammed's is a single core. I have seen plenty of single and dual core rads. I dont know what you had in there before, but the one you have in there now is a single core...bottom line.

 

Agreed.

It's real simple to tell... dual core should be as wide as the end tanks where as single core's are thinner then the end tanks.

BTW, I don't think all sohc civics had single core. When I did my swap I ordered a dual core del sol vtec radiator. When I got it, it was exactly like the one already in the civic. Since it was an EX with the 1.6 sohc vtec I gues it had a dual core to begin with. Either that or when the previous owner rear ended someone and it got fixed they just put in a dual core instead of a single??? I still replaced it though so I could have a fresh new radiator.

AS far as the pencil analogy... eek, 1 pencil is damn thin so I'm not sure what off the wall brand that was but eeek. But to use the pencil scale, a single core would probably be about 2 pencils and the dual core 4 pencils Again a dual core should be as thick as the end tanks, if it is not then it is single core


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