I'm sure I'm not the only one to complain about this, but something needs to be done about this!

The description is misleading, it DOESN'T FIT. I have a z10 crossmember and it still doesn't come close to clearing the hood. It's the same as an EG radiator.

"Radiator, Direct Fit, Aluminum, Honda, CRX"
http://www.fluidyne.com/pl_hpimports.html



FHP11-88CRX.5 and FHP11-92CIV are the same!

I wish I went with a full race or a C&R. I'm going to try and return it.

 

Damn sucks to hear that about false adv. hope they accept your return.

Lately i been hearing alot of complains coming from half sized radiators. My advice is either stay with a stock style and/or brand new

 

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Lately i been hearing alot of complains coming from half sized radiators. My advice is either stay with a stock style and/or brand new

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Please Elaborate.....i have one and its fine. What complaints are you hearing?

 

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Lately i been hearing alot of complains coming from half sized radiators. My advice is either stay with a stock style and/or brand new

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how are you suppose to stay stock if you have a big turbo sitting where the stock radiator sits?

 

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how are you suppose to stay stock if you have a big turbo sitting where the stock radiator sits?</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah.... sorry i didnt explain my situation. check my sig for a link to my car. (pictured is an EG radiator i used to have) thought i was fixing that problem with this rad!

 

I had this same problem. I even cut out some of the hood skin, and i still need about another inch or so to clear. Full Race makes a half wide that i believe fits, just for the EF. There are pics on their site, but using their x-member. Give em a call to see if it will be compatable with a z10. I would also like to know, but didnt get a chance to call. I also have the z10 x-member.

 

here ya go........ http://www.full-race.com/catal...d=481

looks pretty dam good

 

Also form what i gather, its really z10 whos saying to use the fluidyne. I think they have a lil tag team thing going on. Thats what they told me when i got my x-member from them.

Sure it will fit..........................with a ghetto gangsta lean

 

i have the gangster lean i hate it. i guess people have been waiting months to get radiators from full race. i dont know what to do.

 

well i got the full race radiator and its a little wider than what i expected so i had to ghetto angle it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EF8opey &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well i got the full race radiator and its a little wider than what i expected so i had to ghetto angle it. </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

it kinda sucks having a crx for this reason, i have a lconn traction bar (which i want to chnage to fullrace) i welded on a tab and drilled to little holes to accept the stock eg radiator and it sits straight up with no lean and hte stock unmodified hood closes fine. IS there anyway you can weld on a tab low enough so the radiator will clear?

 

Some people like the half sized radiator, since well duh, it gives you more room. Especially if your going turbo like you mentioned. I've seen pics with the half-sized, also with the gangsta lean. Not every one likes it. IMO I rather have a radiator that fits, not saying staying stock, but an after-market radiator that will sit fine, with out modifying anything.

Oh and by the way, i seen a couple of post on how people were being mis-lead in their purchase of a half sized rad. I seen some on the Bay, and describing its a "direct fit" Etc.
Then when the person received the item well guess what, it didn't fit. Yea after market is great and more affordable, but you are not always guaranteed a perfect fit.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SSJSubgeta &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Oh and by the way, i seen a couple of post on how people were being mis-lead in their purchase of a half sized rad. I seen some on the Bay, and describing its a "direct fit" Etc.
Then when the person received the item well guess what, it didn't fit. Yea after market is great and more affordable, but you are not always guaranteed a perfect fit. </TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah id' just got a brand new one from honda also . . even tho im running on a 92 - 95 civic aftermarket radiator, of course its gonna be a little modifying on the aftermarket ones but as long as it works and its fine i dont see how modfying parts to make it fit is so hard unless ur product says " BOLT-ON" then thats a different story

 

oh and not to make the full race stuff sound like crap it fit awesome until i went turbo and i still couldnt make it fit even with cutting through the headlight housing. it really needs to be about 2 inches less wide. for the full race radiator and traction bars

 

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so the fullrace isnt really worth it? it seemed in the pictures too wide,

any one try the c&r radiator?

 

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IMO it sounds like your manifold/turbo setup was too big, and not the radiator. THE PWR shorty is short enough to fit under the stock hood, and narrow enough so that most manifold/turbo will work. But you still gotta be careful because not all turbo setups may work. Maybe if you post up what your manifold/turbo setup was as well as your traction bar (FR or something else).

 

im using the full race Xmember and radiator. the radiator lines up with the oil cap and i was expecting it to line up with the dizzy. but yeah choose your turbo setups wisely. im running the peakboost and we tried and tried to get the radiator to go in flush (cuz i hate the gansta lookin crap) but it just wouldnt go with out losing the passanger side headlight. so we had to pull the end facing the passanger fender up about 6 inches and then slide it over. ill post pics up tommorow. man i hate gansta shat

 

well from what i can tell there is two c&r shorties

this one seems to have more clearance



this one is the centered one

 

I dont know what the measurements are for the C&R but for the PWR shorty it is 15" from the bottom to the top of the radiator cap, and for the OEM EG and Fluidyne radiators it's 17" from the bottom to the top of the rad cap.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TheBobFather &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I had this same problem. I even cut out some of the hood skin, and i still need about another inch or so to clear. Full Race makes a half wide that i believe fits, just for the EF. There are pics on their site, but using their x-member. Give em a call to see if it will be compatable with a z10. I would also like to know, but didnt get a chance to call. I also have the z10 x-member.</TD></TR></TABLE>


I remember one of the full race guys saying that the radiator that they made for the EF is only for NA applications. Definately call them before you order.

I have the C&R 92-95 civic radiator with a Place Racing xmember and i dont have to lean it.. i did have to bang in my hood a little.. i could have cut a piece off the hood skin, but i didnt have proper tools and i was in a rush... ill try to get pics up tomorrow.

 

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I remember one of the full race guys saying that the radiator that they made for the EF is only for NA applications. Definately call them before you order.</TD></TR></TABLE>

According to their description it will not fit with their <u>Prostreet</u> turbokit. It works fine with my Revhard kit. The pics on the FR site are actually pics of my radiator when I first installed it. I was one of the first people to get the radiator when it came out. The pics they have are of my NA setup, however below are some pics of my Revhard setup. The only problem really was the WG elbow from my Revhard kit put the WG outlet right onto the radiator. I replaced the TIAL with a Turbosmart Ultragate and got rid of the elbow. With this setup I was able to get enough clearance to run a 1.75" dumptube. Like I said you just have to be careful when selecting your turbo parts.

http://www.full-race.com/catal...d=481

 

Full race will not work with my setup

 

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According to their description it will not fit with their <u>Prostreet</u> turbokit. It works fine with my Revhard kit. The pics on the FR site are actually pics of my radiator when I first installed it. I was one of the first people to get the radiator when it came out. The pics they have are of my NA setup, however below are some pics of my Revhard setup. The only problem really was the WG elbow from my Revhard kit put the WG outlet right onto the radiator. I replaced the TIAL with a Turbosmart Ultragate and got rid of the elbow. With this setup I was able to get enough clearance to run a 1.75" dumptube. Like I said you just have to be careful when selecting your turbo parts.

http://www.full-race.com/catal...d=481





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But will the Full race radiator fit a z10 x-member, like in the pix, with NO gansta lean?

 

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So does this mean that the PWR shorty will fit and have the hood clearance so that theres no lean? I tried the Fluidyne and it was about 1 inch too tall, even with me cutting away some of the hood skin????
Please tell me yes.