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Race Radiator

Post by Donovan » Sat May 11, 2013 12:31 pm

My brother is looking to replace the radiator on his MX5 turbo, any recommendations for something good local, he can't be bothered getting anything from overseas.

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Post by jif » Sat May 11, 2013 1:35 pm

pretty much any 3rd party replacement which is at least as thick as the 2 core automatic radiator will do. That the stock one was engineered down to minimum weight and tends to block fairly easily didnt help it much , then again they didn't have aftermarket turbo kits in mind ;)

The silverdale place on trademe had one that fixed my na8 turbo's overheating woes. Pretty cheap too.



On 11 May 2013 12:31, Donovan <horsepower@mx5forum.co.nz (horsepower@mx5forum.co.nz)> wrote:
My brother is looking to replace the radiator on his MX5 turbo, any recommendations for something good local, he can't be bothered getting anything from overseas.





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Post by WideOpenThrottle » Sat May 11, 2013 1:42 pm

You could try these guys seeing as they have one for an NB on TradeMe

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Post by Mad Kiwi » Sun May 12, 2013 6:40 pm

he may need to look at a re rpoute...it seems some overheat at track level rpm's and some dont.....

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Post by Furai » Thu May 16, 2013 5:56 pm

I swear Roadsters actually have a personality because mine doesnt cook the Power steering fluid and only overheats after 2mins of drifting.

In saying that though Im not 100% convinced on the re-route for every car but for Turbo it seems the way. The Garage Hundred car doesnt run it or any of the Maurha built cars, RS Aizawa.

Dodsons is doing an order for Mishimotos at the moment, if not I hear old 626 ones fit(Not sure which) and there are a few decent cheapp ones around.

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Post by Kieran » Fri May 17, 2013 11:01 am

Yeah but I rang them again yesterday and he said the timeline for the mishimotos is not looking good

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Post by Kieran » Fri May 17, 2013 11:02 am

Yeah but I rang them again yesterday and he said the timeline for the mishimotos is not looking good

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Post by Furai » Fri May 17, 2013 11:08 am

Really? Goddam Ive already placed a deposit.

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Post by Kieran » Fri May 17, 2013 11:49 am

I didn't Im paying on delivery haha
Why did you put down a deposit?

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Post by Furai » Fri May 17, 2013 11:05 pm

Cause I got it through Cusco through Dodsons.

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Post by Ian » Sun May 19, 2013 9:10 pm

And Dodsons didn't even have the courtesy of a reply to my email enquiry of the 11th!!!!!
Is that typical of them?

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Post by SkilletKid » Sun May 19, 2013 11:30 pm

Ian wrote:And Dodsons didn't even have the courtesy of a reply to my email enquiry of the 11th!!!!!
Is that typical of them?

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