Jjr Alloy Radiators Any Good?

[boostn0199]

Whos using or has used the jjr alloy radiators link below. Hows the cooling and hows fitment. They also got the blitz one but is twice the price.

http://justjap.com/store/product.php?productid=16849&cat=300&page=1

[SiR_RB]

Had one on my old r33 gtst - no problems with it, dropped straight in, did what it was suppose to do

[boostn0199]

Was it noticbaly better then stock and did you have to run an earth cable to it.

[GTScotT]

2 out of 2 cars ive run one in had cooling problems. Tested back to back to stock nissan rads which had no problems.

They are a cheap replacement if wreckers want a mint, and they do what they are meant to do.. But they do not do as good a job as stock and definitely not of a quality performance item.

If I have left you confused, they are good enough for a camry that doesnt get driven hard. Not good enough for a performance car that gets its ass kicked.

[ido09s]

We had several issues with the neck sealing in the top tank. We ended up removing them from the car and had the neck welded up to stop it leaking.

As said above, they are a cheap get you out trouble type radiator.

Why are you replacing your current one?

[boostn0199]

For a track drift car, currently after going hard for maybe 15 min temps starting to go mid 90s to 100 so i wanted something that can cool more so im looking for somwthing suitable for track and by what you guys say this is a cheap replacment for a daily streeter. So i should look at the blitz?

[pipster11]

mine got blocked after i flushed the cooling system

and they aren't easy to clean like a normal radiator, i should have just got a new top tank for my old rad

[johnbarry88]

koyo or standard again have to agree with gtscotT

[boostn0199]

Alright jjr is off the list. Koyo ive heard good things but nobodies used a blitz?

[N1GTR]

If 33 gtst and 33 gtr are the same, ring Racepace and buy one of their new ones

[ido09s]

Or try PWR. I have used them with some success.

[boostn0199]

Any prices on pwr or racepace?

[N1GTR]

You can call them and find out, the RP one is about half the price of the PWR unit and is what they use in their TARGA builds.

[Beer Baron]

for me, I've never had any problem with koyo. and to my mind less is more. so many people fit giant bloody radiators that do nothing more than add massive weight up front (no matter how light the rad is remember it gets filled with fluid). koyo make a nice upgrade that has standard type top tanks, is dual pass and not much thicker than stock. great piece of gear. look how thin a standard radiator is and how well they cool. ask youself if you need one 3 or 4 times thicker than that?

[Beer Baron]

or, PWR is also excellent.

[ido09s]

Yeah, the PWR one wont be cheap and there probably is other rads out there that would be comparable for less $$$$

[MrStabby]

I'm happy with the $300 Cooling Pro I got from JJ. The neck is machined, so is tougher than the pressed metal of the alloy rad that was in there when i bought the car. Needed to trim a side off the shroud to make it fit. Havent tried it at the track yet though.

[boostn0199]

So your saying koyo isnt big? Its 53 mm which is bigger than stock. Do you to modify shroud to fit it?

[Hanaldo]

I didn't buy my radiator from justjap, I got it from authenticgodzillaperformance but I believe they are similar if not exactly the same.

I couldn't be happier with mine. Have had it at a few track days, never gets above 95 degrees even when the car doesn't see under 5000rpm for a good 15 minutes. On the street it sits solid at about 78 degrees, goes up to about 80 degrees when standing still. Doesn't leak at all except for the overflow line, but that's because my overflow line is a bit old and the fitting kinked the inside of the hose which breaks the seal. Will get round to replacing that, for now I just use a piece of larger hose squeezed over the top to give it more surface area.

So not sure if it's because AGP are actually different to JJR, but all their products are around the same prices.

[wolverine]

I fitted a 42mm Fenix alloy rad from the SAU NSW section to both cars.

It definitely provides more cooling than the stock radiator especially on the stagea and was cheap and cheerful.