Alloy rad and FMIC
#1
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 404
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Alloy rad and FMIC
My radiator decided to crack on me whilst driving to Trax this morning. (Down to karma, I laughed at a broken cossie)
Looking at getting an alloy one but most are thicker than standard so I was wondering if it will fit with my Hybrid front mount?
My sound like a dumb question but don't want to get one and it not fit.
cheers in advance.
Looking at getting an alloy one but most are thicker than standard so I was wondering if it will fit with my Hybrid front mount?
My sound like a dumb question but don't want to get one and it not fit.
cheers in advance.
#3
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: ipswich
Posts: 1,415
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The core is bigger but the size is the same, the rows are thicker, means the fins are smaller, few mates brought cheap and they cracked and leaked, also a lot of people don't reckon it's needed unless your running 400bhp+, but it makes sense to upgrade when parts fail.
#5
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (12)
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Littlehampton
Posts: 2,427
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
When mine blew on the Rollers at Charles' Simon JGM just told me to put an OE one on (I grabbed the one from his old Blobeye as it was round the back) as he runs std rads at 500+ with no issues.
Trending Topics
#8
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 404
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Fitted new rad on Friday and very impressed how easy it was. Total time from start to finish was about 2 hours.
I went against general consensus and bought a Japspeed alloy one. Very happy with it. The only issue I had was that it was slightly thicker than the standard one so I had to trim the fan blades so they didn't touch the fmic pipes but if you are still dunning a top mount this won't be an issue.
Best part is that, according to the Power FC controller the car now runs at 6 degrees cooler, 86 instead of 92.
I went against general consensus and bought a Japspeed alloy one. Very happy with it. The only issue I had was that it was slightly thicker than the standard one so I had to trim the fan blades so they didn't touch the fmic pipes but if you are still dunning a top mount this won't be an issue.
Best part is that, according to the Power FC controller the car now runs at 6 degrees cooler, 86 instead of 92.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Mattybr5@MB Developments
Full Cars Breaking For Spares
28
28 December 2015 11:07 PM
Mattybr5@MB Developments
Full Cars Breaking For Spares
12
18 November 2015 07:03 AM