half sized civic radiator fitment

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hey guys, well looks like i will be needing a half sized civic radiator after all… anyway i have a few questions.

  1. do any of them bolt strait up, meaning fit in that litlte knub in the bottom? im not loooking for anythign custom really, i have enough of that going on.

  2. will i be ok for cooling power?

  3. is the civic and del sol radiator different. i just bought a brand new radiator a few months ago (dual core, long style) and its pissing me off that i dont get to use it, i thought of another idea.

what if i cut the core support forward an inch or so and lean the radiator to make a little bit more room for the turbo? i only need like a half inch or somethign (oh yea sure that doesnt sound like a lot, but any pictures or advice woudl be greatly appreciated…thanks and seeya

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get the del sol vtec one or a fluidine-i had a stock civic and the damn thing overheated-

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Sup dan, it’s funny that you posted this because I just finish installing a thin civic radiator into my teg. Let me just start by saying that this thing will bolt right up! No mods need it. You will only need some smaller brackets to tight up the radiator hoses to radiator because the civic’s inlet and outlet are smaller than the teg’s.

Here are some pix to kind of give you and idea what we did:

Here is my teg. Oh yeah, I have an LS/Vtec turbo’d so space is an issue. That’s why I thought to use the civic radiator.

Here is the civic radiator

Civic and teg

Civic with my teg’s AC fan. The civic fan was too big and was touching my turbo so I thought to use my AC fan

and here is the final product! More space yayyyyyyyy! hehehe

One thing though. It seems that the civic radiator is not holding so good. When I’m driving for a while and I step on it and the turbo starts spooling, it starts to over heat. Not that much but when the temp niddle passes the middle, I get nervous and I dont like that. So, I gotta see what I’m gonna do. If you guys have any other suggestions, let me know also.

My friend told me to use the thicker version of the half size civic radiator. It’s thicker so he said that it should hold. I also have a CRX full size radiator that is thin but it covers the whole thing like the teg. I might try that on to see if it holds up better.

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thanks man! that looks like a great idea! anyone know which ones are dual core (2 layer) but half sized? i really need to wrap this up. thanks.

also, do you have any more pics of your setup? i see your runin a 1g dsm bov too! lets see more pics! =)

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Originally posted by RedStarGsr
also, do you have any more pics of your setup? i see your runin a 1g dsm bov too! lets see more pics! =)

Here the link to my all the pix

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/339458

I’m useing a 1g DSM BOV for now. All the pipes are custome made because I’m still using the eclipse SMIC. I got my FMIC last week so all the turbo pipes will be done and it would look much better.

PS: My set up is LS/Vtec turbo’d :wink:

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what 1/4 times are you hitting coroncho80?
I will be doing same thing to car…

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Originally posted by aracer69
what 1/4 times are you hitting coroncho80?
I will be doing same thing to car…

I haven’t run with all these done. I will in the spring. I wanna get it dyno tuned before I run for numbers. All I can tell you that this bitch PULLS! I’m guessing I’ll run around 13 flat with 8 psi.

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that ac fan doesn’t spin know where close to the tegs regular fan(cfm). Put on teg fan or get a thinner spal fan, that will diffenately cure your overheating problem

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What year was your rad for?(civic rad) could always get a fluidyine half rad with thin fan.

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Originally posted by MIKE
that ac fan doesn’t spin know where close to the tegs regular fan(cfm). Put on teg fan or get a thinner spal fan, that will diffenately cure your overheating problem

Thank you for that. I will try it this weekend. You see, I don’t wanna spend the money for a fluidyine radiator. If I can get away with the one I have now, why not use it. Now, If I really really need a fluidyine I guess I will have to get it. But I will try to use the stock teg fan to see if it works.

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if you must. cut the shroud to allow room for the setup. jsut don’t cut toooo much off where it becomes flimsey.

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Well, today we took the civic radiator out and replaced it with a CRX full core radiator. It’s half as thick as the factory teg’s and it bolted right on!! No mods need it, just slide it in :smiley:

Here are some pix:

Taking the Civic radiator off

Rex Radiator

All fans on. I only left the big fan on because the AC fan didn’t fit.

Final product!

I drove it for a while and it hold pretty good. I will keep you guys posted if it over heats or not :wink:

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Maurice, how did the bottom bolt up (for the civic rad…i thin im ight get a del sol)

but did one of the things fit in or both or howd that work? thanks man

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i am using a dual core DEL sol radiator, well mine fits kinda tight vertically speaking. the thing sits an low as it can on the cross member and it hits the hood when closed, so i had to do some altercations, over all i am boosted and the thing NEVER even overheats at all, i love it

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wade, what exactly did you have to do, do you have any pictures of how you set it up, i need to get my car out of the garage…haha.

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Originally posted by RedStarGsr
[B]Maurice, how did the bottom bolt up (for the civic rad…i thin im ight get a del sol)

but did one of the things fit in or both or howd that work? thanks man [/B]

One of the sticks thingy at the bottom bolted right up and then we used a set of brackets ontop. Now, the CRX fitted right in! no mods at all! :stuck_out_tongue:

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just ordered my del sol dual core half slab radiator…should be here in a few days… any advice, or does it bolt right up-- wade?

anyway, does anyone want / need a dual core long style radiator? just bought it 2 months ago if that. peece…

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That’s wierd, when I looked at the bottom of the radiators, I noticed that they were definitely different (Intagra vs Civic Half size double core) so it just fits right in there huh? Did anyone else have any problems with it being too tall? I’ve got two of them sitting around at my house. One used one that I got for free, and one brand new one (but it has plastic end tanks). I might just throw that Civic one in there before I put the turbo in.

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redstar- how much did you pay for the dual core half slab?
coroncho- i was wondering if you use water wetter with your set-ups?

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I payed $70 for my brand new double core half slab, but it has plastic endtanks. I’ve got a metal one, but it has repair marks on it so I’m weary of using it. Also, the metal one has a very tall spout that I think would cause some issues with clearances.