[5S-FE] Anybody ever tried a "half-rad"? Options

[Syaoran]

Has anybody ever tried to run a half-size, dual core radiator in a 5S? My fans went, and I'm pondering if it's worth it to do the conversion, since the previous owner ran plain tap water. Our water is drinkable so it's not as dirty as in other places, but it still got rust.

I'm interested to see how you got it installed.

[Syaoran]

For aesthetics? Whats the benefit of doing this?

We have a toyota, not a honda lol

Benefit? I don't think a CT-26 manifold with a T3/T4 adapter and a GT3071R is going to fit without removing one of the fans, both fans are blown and my radiator is old.

Where I live, we don't keep it brand-loyal, if something from another brand is better for your application, then why not?

look on this page and page 5, don't think its worth it unless your turbo or your n/a machine is on the track once to twice a month.

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showto...75430&st=60

Saw that but that's a 7A and the coolant hoses are routed differently. I'm going turbo as mentioned above. I made this thread more along the lines of seeing if anybody had done it to see install pics and perhaps have them share their hose setup.

P.S. These Honda rads are cheap and readily available, and are just as good as our stock ones if not better... a radiator is a radiator, it's all cheap aluminum and paying premium for something that doesn't even have a warranty (Koyos) is kinda dumb.

This post has been edited by Syaoran: Oct 11, 2012 - 3:27 PM

[nics]

For aesthetics? Whats the benefit of doing this?

We have a toyota, not a honda lol

Benefit? I don't think a CT-26 manifold with a T3/T4 adapter and a GT3071R is going to fit without removing one of the fans, both fans are blown and my radiator is old.

Where I live, we don't keep it brand-loyal, if something from another brand is better for your application, then why not?

I see, I don't know much about turboing

That Honda thing is just a joke. I am always curious why Honda radiators are smaller than Toyota's.

[Syaoran]

For aesthetics? Whats the benefit of doing this?

We have a toyota, not a honda lol

Benefit? I don't think a CT-26 manifold with a T3/T4 adapter and a GT3071R is going to fit without removing one of the fans, both fans are blown and my radiator is old.

Where I live, we don't keep it brand-loyal, if something from another brand is better for your application, then why not?

I see, I don't know much about turboing

That Honda thing is just a joke. I am always curious why Honda radiators are smaller than Toyota's.

Well technically they're not smaller. Our stock rads are long but are only single-core (one line of fins for the coolant to fall through to get cooled down).

Honda radiators are just as good because they're half the size of ours, but have two lines, or cores. Imagine taking our radiator and bending it in half.