mikey4410 Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 will this alloy radiator here work better and more efficiently than a totally stock starlet radiator ?whats the deal....better at cooling or not ?? Quote
Gainzy Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 I've kept my stock one just simply because there is more air hitting the surface area and never seen a reason to change it, but I will be going civic rad just because of the room side of things, it's out the way if you need to change things I can't see any making that much difference without a upgraded thermostat... Quote
morgey Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Not got a turbo but is 1.6, when i changed from my stock na rad to a civic alloy rad my car struggled to get up to temp and actually over cooled and switched back onto cold idle if i was cruising and pulled up to some traffic lights etc. Im not running a cooling panel or anything Extra just changed my rad Quote
mikey4410 Posted April 30, 2015 Author Posted April 30, 2015 christ that is madness. there very efficient then. Quote
morgey Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Its deffo better no doubt about it, but i would imagine some of its down to the stat being old/lazy i barely need a rad fan tbh haha Quote
Gainzy Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 What's opinions on thermostats? The TD one looks promising Quote
daniel_g Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 The civic dual cores are really good, much better than the shitey oem rad, i ran my 85 without a rad for nearly a month and also ive no heater system, using a oem thermostat aswell.Not once did it overheat, even after a heavy drive and idling at the lights etc.Had the 3 core in the old GT.Both were half sized rads Quote
mikey4410 Posted May 1, 2015 Author Posted May 1, 2015 Well based on the above I hsve ordered a 52mm triple core alloy civic rad. Quote
Rob H@RCH Engineering Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 The biggest problem with cheep aftermarket rads is the vains are too small and restrictive and can put more load on the water pump and this can be seen on the dyno. The more expensive rads like fluidyne radiators flow much better and give better results. Quote
_shaun_ Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 As above I've got a wee duel core civic rad and it keeps temps perfect only really hot days and idling for a long time does it actusly rise to a point the fan kicks in Quote
Gainzy Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 My mates dual civic shat itself, water temp gauge saved his engine I have seen a few people on here complaining about the fans aswell the thing that I worry about is aftermarket mani right next to the oem rads surely the heat can't be good haha Quote
Johnboy GT Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 Dual core civic rad, slimline fan, anti freeze and low temp thermostat and haven't seen my gauge go anymore than a third of the way upJohn Quote
morgey Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 Would never bother with low temp statSame mine sits on cold idle half the time without one. Its half the reason my mpg dropped from high 30s to low haha Quote
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