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Aluminum Radiator from China - eval
Posted by DanaH [Email] (more from DanaH) on Wed, 26 Aug 2015 21:47:51
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Well I installed one of the chinese aluminum radiators (Worley I believe is brand). Intent was to get away from the OEM type with plastic end tanks and maybe provide a bit better cooling. In this modern day manufacturing world it was shipped directly from the factory in China to my door. It looked well made.
Installation
It went in pretty well but had a couple design issues that complicated install. The two lower screws that hold the oil cooler to radiator could not be transferred from the old radiater because the threads in the new were different - turned out to be simple to find compatible screws. The big issue is that the top center bolt hole did not line up with the threaded hole in front body crossmember, yikes! So using a drill bit I rounded out the hole in the direction needed but gave up as the distance was to much. Although the radiator seems well planted in the car, the slight play at the top is a slight concern and I'll probably need to come up with some sort of fastening, maybe even wiring it thru crossmember hole although would look fugly.
Overall it looks great and seems to perform well. Perhaps the other avail alum rad from china thats out there has a better top center hole fit.
DanaH
97 9000CS, 5 spd
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