I recently installed a Mishimoto aluminum radiator and fan so far i am very pleased with the quality, construction and price. bought from ebay for 300 shipping and tax inclu. for radiator, fan, and hoses.


when i bought the set up it came with this fan but the stupid thing didnt come with any brackets or anything to mount it on the radiator so i just custom some brackets...came out alright...






comparing the width





yeah the new ones looks alot better haha
the stock metal fan is real heavy comepared to the mishimoto all plastic one and i wana say that my new set up is prob. just a few pounds more than stock fan only!!


almost done with it just need to do a little more to be done

just tossing in a few other random pics just in case if anyone thought of putting del sol seats in their lude




Havent seen to many lude with differet side mirror iono if people just dont like the look ?? but i like these apr's i just cut a carbon fiber sheet to fit...will match up better when i get that carbon fiber hood

hope this help somebody...haha

 

Cool, I did my mirrors almost exactly like that a while back. It makes sense from a performance standpoint; less weight and better aerodynamics, but no one seems to really want to mess with it .

 

i was using your post of when u did a civic radiator to do mine thanks for that haha but yeah i was wondering why poeple didnt like the mirrors too... hey i was wondering since you have gutted your lude if you could hlep me i wanted to get rid of some wireing and under the floor of the passanger side there a box with a bunch of wiring is that the ecu? i dont have any speakers or audio so im not worried about that heres what ive done so far any tips would help thanks

https://honda-tech.com/gara...=4181

 

are the inlets and outlets the same size as the prelude hoses?

 

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I can tell about most any wire in a 4th gen, haha. Could you post a pic of the wiring and box you're talking about? I know the ABS computer is behind the passenger side arm-rest panel, and the radiator fan controller and ECU are in the passenger side floorboard...is that what you mean?

 

me too, <TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hawkze_2.3 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Cool, I did my mirrors almost exactly like that a while back. It makes sense from a performance standpoint; less weight and better aerodynamics, but no one seems to really want to mess with it .</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

oic so the sliver box is the ecu and the littler black box that i put up in the coner there is a fan controller whats weird is that when i was just cutting back the wiring (audio) that wasnt connected to anything my clock went out and so did the lights on the center consolel well just the back lit ones....like when you turn your headlights on but when you push the button the orange/green lights up still
anythoughts?? did i knock some other wiring loose its not reall a big deal but just wana know....

 

yeah the inlets and out lets are the same size but only on the newer civic radiators (96+ i think..)

 

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Pictures of said mirrors? I need to do something like this for the track car because I can't fine tune my mirrors since they're powered, and I bet non-powered mirrors will be lighter.

 

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Pictures of said mirrors? I need to do something like this for the track car because I can't fine tune my mirrors since they're powered, and I bet non-powered mirrors will be lighter. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Even better, here's a little write-up: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1684642



Dropped about 8-9 lbs.

 

mine
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Pictures of said mirrors? I need to do something like this for the track car because I can't fine tune my mirrors since they're powered, and I bet non-powered mirrors will be lighter. </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

Nice work on the radiator install, have you noticed an improvement in water temp?
The mirrors look good and like others have said they make good sense for track cars.

 

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</TD></TR></TABLE> sweet man, i want some of these.....

BTW i do like that rad, how much?

 

Nice install, sorry about the mirror ot. Are you planning on replacing the stock resivor(sp)?

 

Where and how did you make the brackets for the fan???

 

Any updates on the cooling effectivness of the narrow rad?

 

I doubt there is any noticeable difference... real benefit is the additional room that is available after the install with the addition of a slim fan. I believe Hawkze has a water temperature gauge, so we can find out from him.

 

I just had spare aluminum bracket from something else and cut them to size
im sure you could find something at home depot very similar

 

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Yes, I do have a good temp gauge. The water temp has really had no change since the radiator...sitting still in the Texas heat it takes a while to get to 210* and then the fan comes on like it should.

As long as the rest of your cooling system is good a slim rad will be fine.

 

dont really notice anything differnt except theirs a huge space now and its alot lighter than my stock setup but like saikou... just alot more space now oh yeah and it looks alot better thats gotta add like atleast 10hp....





finished product doesnt look straight in this picture but u get the idea

I put in a steel L bracket because i didnt move over the other lower bracket

 

are you guys with the 1/2 radiators running a blockoff on the other side?? just curious

 

looks good to me

 

you planning on going turbo? the rad looks good and definately opens up a lot of room to fit it? Ill be putting a turbo motor in this coming spring/summer and the extra room would help a ton

also what are the dimensions of the radiator?

 

im going with a N/A setup but you'll def have a lot of room for that turbo
im not sure what dimensions of the radiator are but ill get back to you on that...

 

rads nice, love the mirrors too