TheLion
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Just an FYI for anyone with a base model EB that is upgrading their radiator, go with the performance pack OE radiator unless you really need an extreme amount of cooling capacity (circuit track use on a highly tuned big turbo car).
I originally chose the Mishomoto unit because it was the same price as the PP OE radiator and was all aluminum with higher cooling capacity, supposedly a drop in upgrade.
Problem arose that the radiator was over cooling the engine significantly in cooler weather, thermostat couldn't compensate enough and I had to block off the upper 1/3, which wasn't a huge issue, but far from "drop in".
However, just in the past two weeks the radiator itself has sprung a leak by one of the welds. Did some digging and found out there are quite a few people on various forums with leaking radiators from them, F-150's, ST's etc.
Contacted their CS and they told me to go to the vendor I purchased it from. I went to the vendor and they told me to go to MM. So in a nut shell, they flipped me the bird and have refused to refund the cost. This is a manufacturing defect, so I shouldn't be going to vendor.
Got a PP radiator PN: FR3Z-8005-E on the way (use D at the end of the PN instead of E if have a build date pre-Oct 2015).
MM is the only game in town for aftermarket radiators for EB's currently if your setting up for circuit track use, so just be sure you purchase directly from them or you may get shafted if you have issues with it leaking that require a replacement / refund :(. For everyone else with a base model that needs a bit more cooling, go with the OE PP radiator.
I originally chose the Mishomoto unit because it was the same price as the PP OE radiator and was all aluminum with higher cooling capacity, supposedly a drop in upgrade.
Problem arose that the radiator was over cooling the engine significantly in cooler weather, thermostat couldn't compensate enough and I had to block off the upper 1/3, which wasn't a huge issue, but far from "drop in".
However, just in the past two weeks the radiator itself has sprung a leak by one of the welds. Did some digging and found out there are quite a few people on various forums with leaking radiators from them, F-150's, ST's etc.
Contacted their CS and they told me to go to the vendor I purchased it from. I went to the vendor and they told me to go to MM. So in a nut shell, they flipped me the bird and have refused to refund the cost. This is a manufacturing defect, so I shouldn't be going to vendor.
Got a PP radiator PN: FR3Z-8005-E on the way (use D at the end of the PN instead of E if have a build date pre-Oct 2015).
MM is the only game in town for aftermarket radiators for EB's currently if your setting up for circuit track use, so just be sure you purchase directly from them or you may get shafted if you have issues with it leaking that require a replacement / refund :(. For everyone else with a base model that needs a bit more cooling, go with the OE PP radiator.
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