Asi Radiator

[R31Nismoid]

Well that wasn't really a surprise

Turps should be OK on aluminium.

[Char]

cleaned up fairly good, few little scratches, see how it goes with installing it tomorrow.

something interesting i found is that some places advertise these as ASI while others sell these as ISIS

[Char]

awesome news, neither the bottom rubber mounts OR the top brackets fit.

i would NOT reccomend buying one of these.

Edited April 15, 2009 by Char

[WhO]

Dont bother with them,

Bought one for a mates GTI-R and it fit ... after a mammoth struggle to get it in there.

Bought one for my gtr and didnt come close to fitting, bottom tanks just massivly too thick either that or the bottom mounts are way off. Tried to fit it into mates r31 with more room than mine and also didnt fit. Since i bought it 3 months ago and it now has a slightly dinged up core from trying to make it fit i've just given up on it and written it off, doubt its worth contacting them as i dare say they wouldnt be interested in returning it / exchanging it.

ASI = fail

[STATUS]

I bought a asi one for my gtr, too thick and cant run the shroud and the thread for temo sensor in bottom was wrong. Put it in the china shit pile and just bought a koyo, bolted right in like factory.

its the same thing with the large koyo rads (3 versions from memory), shroud modding etc.... even the $1000 jap one (largest avail) needed shroud work.

[GTR1993]

Yea but they dont tell you that their 60mm core will bolt in no mods, have wrong threads for sensors etc. End of the day i know why i dont buy chinese cheap parts.

[DFAULT]

Just purchased there 52mm core radiator for my r32 gtst

The core alone is actually 56mm which made it almost impossible to fit

and the thread for the sensor does not fit either which didn't bother me

Ended up bending a shit load of fins installing it

Had to cut about 1 cm off the clutch fan to make it fit because i wanted to retain the stock shroud

Also had to take off the bottom bracket for the power steering lines

Wish i got the 42mm core from them which would of fitted perfectly

Not sure how it will hold up on the track but will find out shortly

'You get what you pay for'

Will post pics up tomorrow

Cheers

Edited July 22, 2009 by DFAULT

[8EZ]

^ this is the same with the 42mm because the end tanks are the same thickness as the 52.

i know its an old post but did anyone get the stock temp sensor to fit? if so how?

how/where did you trim shroud?

thanks

[Newy]

im also interested about the thread of the sensor, and getting standard to fit!

[ali-turko]

i went to total tools and bought a tap to thread it, cost something like 25bucks

alternatively take it to your local mechanic

[Bond]

An old thread but i bought one of these today (the importer is my neighbour) and was surprised how thick it was. I could not fit it by just removing the OEM rad and shroud. Onc i removed the clutch fan it dropped straight in and bolted up fine. The temp sensor was also fine. So far so good. I think the quality may have improved as none of the welds looked dodge but only time will tell.

[GTR_JOEY]

i really dont understand why they didnt fit to start with,..

Really!, how hard is it to make something that bolts straight in

[DVS JEZ]

I killed my first one at eastern creek, the fan must have flexed 10mm near redline and contacted the fins at the bottom casing a massive leak.

I just installed my new one i ordered and unfortunately it is leaking from near the bottom tank even without pressure.

I have contacted asi and so far he has been replying without a drama and said he will swap it no problems. I am using a stock 32 radiator for now though and hoping for a refund

[Bond]

Well i can see why some people may not be able to get it in as it is a tight fit and requires a bit of fiddling but with the clutch fan hub removed it went straight in and bolted up 100% with the shroud.

[Josh_TypeX]

I bought one of these 18 months ago. My first one started leaking within 30 minutes of driving. I emailed the seller explaining the situation and he sent out a replacement immediately (also offered a refund), no questions asked. Didn't even ask me to send the faulty one back. Great customer service.

18 months later and it is still going strong and performing well in track duties.

[Dave.TAS]

Ive used over 50 of these, every single one has been perfect, no failures yet except for poor installations causing fans to hit the radiator in cars with converted engines, some are going strong after 3 years.

[Bond]

Well i took it for a spin today and now just driving around with the AC on it sits on 83 and giving it a hard time (30 degrees outside and ac on) it went to 88 briefly. Massive improvement but will be happier once i test it on a 35+ day.

[raZ1911]

Bought one for my Rb25 into a 180sx. Makes it over heat. Stock would of been better. Save for a Koyo, a good radiator is one of the most important parts of a car.

[Bond]

What rad did you buy? Radiators are pretty simple in design so there must have been something seriously wrong to make it worse than the thinner OEM.

[kosmo90]

Just bought a 42mm radiator from them, everything fit without any problems no leaks.

Edit: r33

Edited January 11, 2012 by kosmo90