Una
08-26-2006, 07:54 PM
Have a seat, I'm kinda long winded.
So I put that nice NPR intercooler in my Horizon a couple weeks back. Works great, but the car promptly started overheating all the time. Drat.. Figures with that horribly inefficient TBI radiator I had in there. But I had stuck with that radiator because it's about 3/4" or so narrower than all the T1 L body radiators I had. I needed that 3/4", as the TBI radiator actually RUBBED the outlets on the intercooler, it was a very close fit already. So I figured best bet was to have a radiator shop build me something custom. So I went to Performance Radiator with my POS TBI radiator. They made me a nice THICK brass radiator. Like 2" thick, it's just about the same width as the TBI radiator, maybe 1/4" narrower. Same mounts as the TBI radiator. I paid a helluvalot for the radiator, but the quality is amazing. I think the thing weighs about 20lbs, nice THICK tanks on the thing. I had them put the inlet in the same place as the TBI radiator, and the outlet is down on the bottom of the opposite side, so it should be able to use a Daytona lower radiator hose, maybe shortened some. I haven't mounted it in the radiator yet, but should do that later this evening. I plan to battle test the radiator later this weekend by towing my Daytona about 20 miles with the Horizon.. hehe.. I'll post pictures of it installed in the Horizon later this evening.. :) For now, here are a couple pictures of the radiator. :)
So I put that nice NPR intercooler in my Horizon a couple weeks back. Works great, but the car promptly started overheating all the time. Drat.. Figures with that horribly inefficient TBI radiator I had in there. But I had stuck with that radiator because it's about 3/4" or so narrower than all the T1 L body radiators I had. I needed that 3/4", as the TBI radiator actually RUBBED the outlets on the intercooler, it was a very close fit already. So I figured best bet was to have a radiator shop build me something custom. So I went to Performance Radiator with my POS TBI radiator. They made me a nice THICK brass radiator. Like 2" thick, it's just about the same width as the TBI radiator, maybe 1/4" narrower. Same mounts as the TBI radiator. I paid a helluvalot for the radiator, but the quality is amazing. I think the thing weighs about 20lbs, nice THICK tanks on the thing. I had them put the inlet in the same place as the TBI radiator, and the outlet is down on the bottom of the opposite side, so it should be able to use a Daytona lower radiator hose, maybe shortened some. I haven't mounted it in the radiator yet, but should do that later this evening. I plan to battle test the radiator later this weekend by towing my Daytona about 20 miles with the Horizon.. hehe.. I'll post pictures of it installed in the Horizon later this evening.. :) For now, here are a couple pictures of the radiator. :)