Thread: The FWD Mishimoto Radiator

Thats 1.1 inches.......seems like another 1.6/2.0 universal rad.



I believe your stock inlet and outlet is 1.5inchs and it makes a difference.

^Ouch! The universal strikes again!

Maybe Squabzter can fill us in on how it works out for him with his stock radiator hoses.

Ohh itll fit. But its gonna have the bottleneck effect.

I can see that but it has to be more efficient than stock so it has to still be beneficial to an extent. For $240 I think it is still worth it.

Josh, when you going to get that bitch installed to start monitoring your temps.

I'll need some adapters for the inlet/outlet. The stock size is 1 and 3/8". I wont install it for a while, my temps are staying about 180* now.

****. You paid more than a Koyo for a radiator that isnt designed properly? That sucks man.

Oh well, we gotta learn from our mistakes. I couldn't find a Koyo for less than that except for JGY but I wouldn't trust them

Have you guys seen how small the hole in the thermostats for our cars are? 1.1 in diameter hole is still a lot bigger then what is on the thermostat. I would like to know if anyone has tried using a NISMO thermostat instead of a larger radiator? I really wouldn't be surprised if our bottle neck is the thermostat....but I could always be wrong.

EDIT: Expanding on this hypothesis, there are two modes of overheating from my understanding. 1st: A lack of sufficient flow. 2nd: Radiator exit temperatures are too high. Obviously a larger radiator solves condition #2 but what if we are really suffering from condition #1? With a higher flow thermostat (which is much cheaper then a radiator) I wonder if that would solve the overheating issues we have? I haven't had an opportunity to check this but I would love to know what really is happening from the more knowledgeable people.

I have a 170* thermostat I don't think thats far off from a nismo.