Be Cool radiator

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hungryjoseph
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I've gone through the radiator/fan set up thread and have looked over each and every post to get an idea for what to do with my RB swap. I'm coming here to see if anyone has run Be-Cool radiators before and post some experiences with them. I've found one that'll fit exactly inside the core support so I have all the room I need to run puller fan(s). It's 22" wide, 13" tall, 3" thick, core sizing is 18" wide, 12"tall, 2" thick and it is a dual row.

I was using a Taurus single fan for my SR and that thing blew like katrina, never had issues even in 105F daily driving, stayed at a steady 80 - 85c with a stock SR rad. I'd like to run this fan again. At first I was going to run it as a pusher by cutting the shroud just down to the fan itself and mounting it on the front of the radiator, but the 16inch diameter of the fan is too large to fit in the core support, it needs to be 13.25 inches max. I haven't found any 13 inch fans that'll flow 3500+ cfm so my next option is to mount the radiator inside the core support which will open up a world of fan options to me. I won't have to cut anything this way.

I've read alot of good things about Be Cool from the F-body boards. A few cases where similarly sized griffin radiators weren't cooling as well as the Be Cool's. I am wondering if anyone on here is running a similarly sized rad and/or Be Cool and would like to hear your experience.

This is a koyo rad from an ae86 I might run
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RustspecS13
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I have jegs brand 13in puller/pusher fans that work amazingly well. They push 3000-3500 range CFM combined and I never had any cooling problems on the street, or the one drift event I had the RB at. They are reversible, and I ran them as pushers and they worked fine.

I did have a side mount IC before, and i will have a FMIC this time so we will see how that changes.

~Alex

Sil240
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I'm running a be cool Rad and a SPAL 13" pusher fan.

Everything has been good so far

REDLN
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do you have the p/n on the be cool radi that fits under the radi support?

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Genpac
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J30 6blade 13" condenser (pusher) fans.

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