ebay aluminum radiators hold up good ? any advice ??

[Jake1992]

like the title says ... looking for a cheap alu radiator or a good bang for the buck...

thanks ,

Jake

[Sleepy_Steve]

Many have good luck with Mishimoto and Koyo.

[Jake1992]

Many have good luck with Mishimoto and Koyo.

and otherone's ? problems leaking ??

[S14Lee]

Cxracing never had a problem

[AceUp]

ISIS radiators are beef cakes and work awesome!

[S13x88]

Currently running a CXRacing unit. No issues thus far.

[s13silvia123]

Many have good luck with Mishimoto and Koyo.

Koyo arent ebay

i had my koyo radiator for about 10 years and no problems before koyo change their logo design on top radiator

koyo's have a thicker core and comes with 3-core type while the typical ebays are 2 core type radiators

[fliprayzin240sx]

+1 on ISIS...

[Slammed Assassin]

isis dose the job for me as well.

[JSimpson]

I have an older koyo and an ebay. Both do the job, koyo does its job better!

[zerocoolalmi]

i just got a ebay 2 row 2" 3/8 rad.. im able to give you news next week !!.. ill do some HARD test drive for you haha

[Edwin562]

mine holds up pretty nice... Koyo Rad... daily driven and a few track events... kepted my engine at stable operational temp....

[delado]

Been running cxracing for about a month now. No problems so far.

[Jake1992]

i just got a ebay 2 row 2" 3/8 rad.. im able to give you news next week !!.. ill do some HARD test drive for you haha

hahaha thanks man ! how much you end up paying for it ?:bash:

[PoorMans180SX]

Ummm Mishimoto comes with a lifetime warranty, including crash warranty. Why would you NOT buy a Mishi? So an Ebay one is $100 cheaper. Well then you hit a curb and wreck it and...have to buy a new one. Or Mishimoto would give you one for free.

And they're also a decent company that doesn't make porous knock-off Greddy intake manifolds. So...

[Bushido]

i bought the cheapest one on ebay.

works like a charm, for over 2 years now

[godrifttoday]

had an ebay on my 450hp civic... no problem

[Silverbullet]

Ummm Mishimoto comes with a lifetime warranty, including crash warranty. Why would you NOT buy a Mishi? So an Ebay one is $100 cheaper. Well then you hit a curb and wreck it and...have to buy a new one. Or Mishimoto would give you one for free.

And they're also a decent company that doesn't make porous knock-off Greddy intake manifolds. So...

I havn't seen a Mishi rad up close but I've seen their intercoolers. I'm fairly confident they are the same as any other Ebay product. It seems like the extra $100 just covers the cost of another radiator. Most people don't crash their cars, so its pure profit for them.

[ZenkiKid]

i have an ebay/cxracing unit. Works great for me.

[Ramonesfreak2010]

Isis for sure. Perfect fitment.

[Breitling]

+32134 for CXracing

and their Ic piping is amazingly thick too!!

[DallasTXjdm]

Koyo for me

[PoorMans180SX]

+32134 for CXracing

and their Ic piping is amazingly thick too!!

I know when I look for intercooler piping, I look for the thickest possible piping.

:picardfp:

[huffandpuff00]

I ran a CXracing (2 core) one for the past year after my koyo was crushed in an accident, and it sucked at cooling. My temp with CXracing was 81* around town and 83* highway. My koyo was 78* or 79* town and highway. Just bought a mishmoto w/ shroud(lifetime warranty) and hope it cools same as my old Koyo!

Also got my Mishimoto for $190 shipped, dont remember exactly what I paid for my CXracing, but on ebay they are around $130 shipped so worth the lifetime guaranty.

Zac

[desertKAdrifter]

Been running on one of the cheaper 2row radiators from ebay on my Ka for about 6 months, went ka-t about 3 weeks ago and i havent had an overhating problem yet. For precautions i also installed new pump, nismo stat, belts and megan hoses. I live in the socal desert(115 every day in summer), so i say its holding its own pretty good.:boink:

[Jake1992]

Ummm Mishimoto comes with a lifetime warranty, including crash warranty. Why would you NOT buy a Mishi? So an Ebay one is $100 cheaper. Well then you hit a curb and wreck it and...have to buy a new one. Or Mishimoto would give you one for free.

And they're also a decent company that doesn't make porous knock-off Greddy intake manifolds. So...

True thanks for the advice on the good stuff.... im on a budget with the car man , school , books and shit kill me man ... so i0f i could pay around 120 to 140 for a dual i would do it but dont have 300 or so ish for a mishi , good stuff though..

[thefro526]

I havn't seen a Mishi rad up close but I've seen their intercoolers. I'm fairly confident they are the same as any other Ebay product. It seems like the extra $100 just covers the cost of another radiator. Most people don't crash their cars, so its pure profit for them.

I have a Mishimoto Radiator and can confirm that they're nearly identical to an Ebay... Warranty and real company are worth the extra $100.

[BNASTYs13]

koyo deffiitly takes it imo. But to he honest i think the real back bone of your cooling system is your fan setup. I had a bolt ons SR with an oem silvia radiator that had a clutch fan and 2 12 inch torq flo pusher fan and it cooled better than my koyo did with altima fans. But then i got a set of dual 12 inch slim FAL fans that worked wonders.

[NoPistons!]

I know when I look for intercooler piping, I look for the thickest possible piping.

:picardfp:

You try too hard. Seriously.

[PoorMans180SX]

You try too hard. Seriously.

See my sig? Sorry if you don't like it.

My statements simply reflect the way I was treated in my ignorance, and I am grateful to the people who did so, because that's how I learned. That and I read books, something more people need to do.

So I'm not 'trying' to do anything but help people realize the irrelevance or ignorance of their comments (read: help them). I very rarely get blatantly rude or insulting on an internet forum, and I usually regret it and apologize afterwards.

[dreamin240sx]

i bought an ebay special 7 months ago and its been through alot with drifting and some extra hard driving and ive had no problems what so ever. im running stock ka and ive never jumped a degree yet.

[singlecamslam]

Is mishimoto still doing the "mishimoto loves drifters" thing? you can get a radiator for half off from them.