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looking forward to the report. how did it fit? i assume you have a 33? did you keep all the factory shrouds? 60% more is pretty good.

Yeah.fitting it was as easy as taking the old one out and putting in the new one.

a few things to mention though:-

*The radiator must be earthed by an earthing strap/cable.if you want the all things metal in the cooling system to live.it has to do with electralosys.

*You will need to go to supercheap and buy 3 copper washers for the temp sensor.

I still havent driven the car as of yet.hopefully by thursday.

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just make one.

ie: a cable from the radiator to the chassie. metal to metal.

it really has to do with positive energy build up in the aluminium rad. seen as though it is mounted on rubber. it kind of acts like a storage device for positively charged energy to sit in the system.hence the earthing will allow that energy a place to escape.

ive been told that if it isnt done, within a few months or so the rad can be corroded inside.

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I as accuratly as i could guestimated the capacity of the new radiator and therefore the rest of the system as well. To give me an idea on the ammount of coolant that i need to add. For my R33gtst.

New Radiator = 3.72L capacity = a 59% increace in radiator capacity.

system with new radiator = 10.02L Total system capacity.

Old Radiator = 2.2L capacity.

system with old radiator = 8.5L Total system capacity.

Hope that helps some people out. :spank:

All good

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I just took the car for a run, with the radiator installed. She runs cool. It took about 4 times longer for the thermostat to open. No shit, i thought i did somthing wrong but it was all good. The car was running at thermostat opening temps when i was up and running. And diddnt budge. Though it is a cool night with normal driving.

I want to see how it performs out on the track most of all.

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I just took the car for a run, with the radiator installed. She runs cool. It took about 4 times longer for the thermostat to open. No shit, i thought i did somthing wrong but it was all good. The car was running at thermostat opening temps when i was up and running. And diddnt budge. Though it is a cool night with normal driving.

I want to see how it performs out on the track most of all.

you still got the shroud on? take some pics!

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I will take pics of it later.

The thermostat opens a little later than usual but it isnt taking as long as it did last night. I think it was a topping up issue and the fact that it had just rained so it was a little cold. Works a treat though.

I lost the dimensions that i took of the radiator somewhere. But i think it is the same height. Just thicker. Put it this way. There is no clearance issues with the bonnet.

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