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Cars by Model Type => 3rd generation RX-7's => Topic started by: weejimmy on August 02, 2008, 06:11:45 PM

Title: Another " Has Anyone Used These Rads?"
Post by: weejimmy on August 02, 2008, 06:11:45 PM
Looking for a new rad i dont wana fork out for a koyo as its gona get cut up and modified anyway so waould any alluminium be the same as each other?
 
looking at this on ebay.com its for a rx so its right size
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ALL-Aluminum-Racing-Radiator-Mazda-RX7-92-95-manual_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33602QQihZ011QQitemZ320279886971QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
 
 
realy strugiling to see the diffrence between these and koyo etc anyway
Title: Another " Has Anyone Used These Rads?"
Post by: RobbieRX-7 on August 02, 2008, 08:10:41 PM
As long as it\'s ali mate, it dont matter. It might not fit quite so good as a koyo or maybe it fits better, but the main reason people upgrade to an ali rad is because the stocker has plastic end tanks which is a major weakness on a 15 year old car that runs hot!! Looks a good price, go for it i say!
Title: Another " Has Anyone Used These Rads?"
Post by: weejimmy on August 02, 2008, 08:43:37 PM
thats what i was thinkin
its going v mount so fiting isint an issue and is geting cut up and bigger end plates etc put on it so im guessing the core is proberly the same anyway.
Title: Another " Has Anyone Used These Rads?"
Post by: ENVYD on August 02, 2008, 09:13:59 PM
i have one that looks the same! only thing is tho... the parts for the hose\'s are on the wrong side!
 
this one is mine:
 
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/k-tec_tne/rx-7/HPIM0455.jpg)
Title: Another " Has Anyone Used These Rads?"
Post by: shaunwil on August 02, 2008, 10:35:57 PM
I used one on the 1st gen and it lasted about a month. Not sure if it was my own fault though. I\'d strapped a 16in electric fan to the fins and possibly pulled it apart at the welds.

The FD one is missing the return for the AST too in the bottom middle of the rad.

I wouldn\'t have another. Ended up refirbishing the stock one with a double thickness core. Didn\'t really cost a great deal more after tax and postage costs.

Going to get the same guy to make an uprated FD rad for mine slightly narrower and much thicker with a pickup for my electric water pump. Won\'t be very cheap !

Shaun
Title: Another " Has Anyone Used These Rads?"
Post by: weejimmy on August 03, 2008, 07:58:35 PM
envyd
have you used it on car then?
looks like same one
Title: Another " Has Anyone Used These Rads?"
Post by: ENVYD on August 03, 2008, 08:03:26 PM
yeah! mine is on the car now!
 
the one in the link tho looks like the parts for the hose\'s are on the wrong sides... if you look at the two picks at the same time you will see what i mean..
Title: Another " Has Anyone Used These Rads?"
Post by: ENVYD on August 03, 2008, 08:06:33 PM
this is mine..
 
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/k-tec_tne/rx-7/HPIM0511.jpg)
Title: Another " Has Anyone Used These Rads?"
Post by: shaunwil on August 03, 2008, 08:24:07 PM
Please keep a real close look at it. Mine really didn\'t stand up to much on the 1st gen.

Shaun
Title: Another " Has Anyone Used These Rads?"
Post by: weejimmy on August 04, 2008, 10:40:06 AM
it dose look like the pipes are on the rong side to
think ill avoid it and mayby try just get a allumiinium corefrom somwhere