Well Iv been running with a cracked radiator for about 2 months now, it was a slow leak but non the less I had to fill it with water twice a day and it made my engine bay dirty as hell cause it would spray water all over the place when Id gun it. Anyway, I finally bought a new all aluminum race radiator off eBay and put it in tonight.

"I like very much" - Borat

New all aluminum radiator


Old radiator in place


Old radiator coming out, all that white residue on the dizzy and header cover is from the cracked radiator.


The state of the old radiator, well it is 16 years old


New radiator in place

 

dam looks really nice.

 

if it leaked u should've put an egg on ur rad. to seal it but anyways do those aluminum rad. actually cool better than the stock ones??

 

Nice! I got that same one this summer. I love it! And it's so pretty.
Woot for Aluminum rads!

 

Well the egg in the radiator thing should be on Mythbusters.

It says it has twice the cooling capacity of the stock unit, it is twice the size. But if it doesnt thats fine too.

 

Nice man, does your temp gauge go up as high nowor what? Can you notice any difference yourself?

 

race radiator? well yeah aluminum cools better, and yeah that old one really needed changing.

 

it looks nice, but twice the size doesn't mean twice the cooling. i read an article (forget which magazine..maybe grm) where they tested a stock sti, then replaced the radiator with the biggest/thickest aftermarket product (forget the company...to be fair it was a while ago when i read it. ) and tested it again..then used a third radiator that was closer to orginial spec as far as size...and the third one was the best, the largest i think had a slightly negative effect..and the stock one was ok to begin with.

 

looks alot beter!
reminds me i have work to do on my 94 radiator previous owner broke the bolt for the top holder... so its just ZIP tied inplace... ghetto as hell.LOL

 

Like I said before, I dont care if it doesnt cool twice as well as the stock one, a stock rad would be fine for my car but its got that plastic **** on it that will just crack again down the road. I bought this one cause its all aluminum and should hold up better.