Chinese alloy radiators, reliable?

[Sprinter Freak]

hey just trying to find out peoples experiences with cheap chinese alloy radiators as i'm thinking of getting one but not too sure about the quality.

has anyone has any problems with them?


any info would be helpful

cheers guys :)

[ecko]

Buy ASI and nothing else when buying cheap alloy radiators

[Sprinter Freak]

roughly how much are ASI radiators? and may i ask why you say that?

[trikzlane]

get a decent one, china ones usual are poorly welded together and the flow is shit. the way i see it is when i comes to cooling your motor(really important) you shouldnt cut corner cause it will come back at you in the end

[lolwat]

roughly how much are ASI radiators? and may i ask why you say that?
ASI rads are on ebay, alot of people run them, there really good value for money, some people complain they have to space there mounts on the bottom out (ae86) but this was apparently fixed with newer versions

looking arounf the 250 mark look on ebay man

[ecko]

ASI are just proven everyone and his dog runs then fuck from memory even Nigel petrie runs them,
S13 ons are only $200 delivered and im yet to here a bad comment about them, plus if is does arrive dodgy do a paypal dispute get a refund and spend the refund fixing it or buy another,

[meadan]

get a decent one, china ones usual are poorly welded together and the flow is shit. the way i see it is when i comes to cooling your motor(really important) you shouldnt cut corner cause it will come back at you in the end

Ive had 3, in 3 different cars, and never had a dodgy weld.

Ive never seen any flow comparisons, but would be interested to see.


Either way, Id say a dodgy chinese radiator will be better than a half blocked 30 year old one any day of the week.

[lolwat]

also with the ASI ones, a friend put one in his AE86 , and was still using original clutch fan, he lock up all 4's one day the clutch fan hit the rad and ASI replaced it under warranty for him and didnt wont the damaged one back

[Sprinter Freak]

hmm well then i guess ill go ASI, thanks for the help guy's, :)

[maxhag]

Yeah, I got one off ebay. Michael Auto Parts was the name of the store and their shop/warehouse is in Sydney. You can even go in and look at it first if you are still not sure. Great value for money. Perfect fit, welds are fine and looks nice. Only $249 delivered.... I am running a 4AGTE and the car gets used for tarmac and drift, with that radiator and only a 10' thermo fan, it has never gone above 95deg......

They put them on ebay, but here is the link to their store - http://www.michaelautoparts.com.au/

[PRIMRK]

dosnt seem to be any ASI radiators left on there at the moment...any one know if there are any good priced 3 core ones round?

[Danzo]

i ran a cooling pro one from just jap for ages in my s13, did a pretty good job and was cheap as fark

[AE092]

I've got a Golpher one and it's seen 10 track days and is a daily; no issues with cooling even racing in 34 degree heat.

[Nicko]

34 degrees isn't heat... lol

[lolwat]

34 degrees isn't heat... lol
yea, what i was thinking 40+ is a hot day

[PRIMRK]

ASI advertised custom radiators on their eBay store so i got some prices on 3 core radiators, a 52mm one will be $380 and a 62mm one will be $480.

Ill prob grab one of the 62mm ones to try and cool the 3UZ, if it doesn't work then I guess ill just put it in the daily.

[Jacobxxx]

import auto parts does alloy radiators cheap, australian company too, he makes fuck all off everything check him out

$299 for 52mm dual core ae86 radiator

http://www.forums.secretdrift.com.au/index.php?showtopic=15791