who mkaes a better radiator
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who mkaes a better radiator
i have been deciding these last couple of weeks weather i should get a koyo or a fluidine radiator. from what i understand the koyo has fitment problems because of its size and thats a good thing i think and the fluidine i have no knowledge on but im not sure if its bigger or smaller any way i was wondering what radiator(s) are recomended because i need help on what im gonna get i dont want to get a expensive crapy radiator. thanks
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From personal experience I can tell you the Fluidyne is an awesome radiator and fits like a charm. The Koyo has a bigger core but like you said it has fitment issues. In reality either one you choose will do exactly the same thing so it's really a matter of whether you want that perfect fit or not.
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With Fluidyne my stock air box pinched down on the radiator hose. After several overheats I discovered it. Lesson: If you're using the stock airbox make damn sure the hose underneath the airbox isn't getting pinched. I had to leave my airbox on loose then temps were fine but it was too late, engine blew a seal soon after.
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Originally Posted by GUITARJUNKIE28
koyos suck because no 2 are exactly the same.
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I just got the large race aluminum radiator from radiatorworld.com. Thing is really big and seems hard to beat for the price. I dont have any experience with koyo or fluidyne so i cant compare the quality but for the price im not complaining. Are you putting it back into the stock location or are you using a fmic??
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i just got a fluidyne 2-pass to replace my afco because it was too damn big. LOL
$180 shipped from e-bizzle. it's a universal so i gotta do the brackets myself, but whoopity doo. that's what i had to do in the first place anyway.
$180 shipped from e-bizzle. it's a universal so i gotta do the brackets myself, but whoopity doo. that's what i had to do in the first place anyway.
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get the fluidyne radiator. I use the stock airbox with Adam C airbox mod and have no problems at all. also do the Dale Clark FC fan switch mod. this combo works great!
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Originally Posted by BackyardSog
I just got the large race aluminum radiator from radiatorworld.com. Thing is really big and seems hard to beat for the price. I dont have any experience with koyo or fluidyne so i cant compare the quality but for the price im not complaining. Are you putting it back into the stock location or are you using a fmic??
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Interesting... maybe that's why I had no fitment problems at all with the Koyo. Just got lucky I guess.
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Originally Posted by Comet
I had very little fitment problems with the Koyo, just a little shoehorn and it was in like flynn. Kept her nice and cool too....
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agreed, its not like you have to chop any metal or do any rediculous fabing to get it to fit. both radiators work great (know from personal experience) so i think the obvious question is "do you want to save yourself some money?" get the koyo.
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I would say go with the fluidine over the koyo. Again for the way the koyo fits and I hear is harder to set up if you should go with a front mount intercooler.
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Originally Posted by PDViper77
I had no fitment problems with my Koyo. But since my whole turbo setup is custom I had to make my own brackets. BTW its behind my FMIC.
if you made your own brackets, fitment issues don't count. in that respect, i didn't have any fitment issues with my afco, but then again, it's not in the stock location, so it doesn't count either.
today's operational definition of fitment: does it drop right in the stock location without any trouble? and does everything else still fit?
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What do you guys think of the mazdaspeed radiator?
My car's getting a new radiator and tri point wants to put on a mazdaspeed radiator but I've heard that the the koyo and fluidyne radiators are cheaper and perform better.
My car's getting a new radiator and tri point wants to put on a mazdaspeed radiator but I've heard that the the koyo and fluidyne radiators are cheaper and perform better.