Looking for a new rad for the 5 but what do people think the best rad is to use ally, copper core, standard etc...? Will be running a separate oil cooler so dosnt need the built in cooler in the rad dosnt even need to be a r5 rad as a volvo engine is going in so if anyone knows of any nice big rads that fit well please let me know! What's the biggest rad you can get in these cars without causing probs?
Last edited by SCHWARTZ; 15-03-2010 at 20:37.
Standard does the job.
Copper core are known to fall to bits inside. Although, Only stones have ever killed mine.
Get a rad from unstable cable cheaing, welded by a blind china man, but seem to do the job... plus no oil just pure water rad
Seen some double capacity ones on ebay , 50mm core on em i was told .... thinking about getting one myself .... anybody used one of these ??
I will check out unstable cables ones but the ones on ebay are what I was thinking of, 40% better cooling efficiency etc. but don't know if that's just crap.
O.e rad ftw.
yes its probably just crap!Originally Posted by SCHWARTZ
with abit of fettling you can fit a mk1 clio diesel rad.
the mk1 extra van rad requires abit more to fit but its HUGE compared to the oe gtt rad and it also doesnt have an inbuilt oil cooler.
stay hassle free and go for a genuine valeo rad, either that or the nissens rad, but ive heard the nissens bottom hose outlet comes abit too close to the oil filter i think.
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A 1.1 r5 engine rad and a r 19 diesel rad,Just need to modified the intercooler run pipes.But it will get in without cutting anything
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