Interesting Article In Drift Tengoku ...Using Heater Core as Radiator

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rico05
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For starters, I am glad that DT uses a LOT of pics LOL. I can't read JDM.

The point of the article was to show using the heater core as a radiator.Pulled and mounted with zip ties to behind the radiator, inside the fan shroud, then lines from the back of the block were routed to the core. So, other than losing a heater, would this actually work? Haing a heat exchanger cooling coolant from front and rear portions of the motor sounds yummy.


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It'll work...but whether it's worth it on a street car is questionable

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Totally worth it. When my old pulsar would overheat, all I would have to do to get the motor to cool down again was flip on the heater and suffer for a few minutes.

It totally works and would be a great alternative to huge radiators if you are running boost in really hot weather... Also you could rig up a valve between two heater cores if you wanted to keep your stock heater in place for the winter...

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Oh damn that valve idea rocks! I am gonna scan the article and give this a shot!!

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Sounds like it would work, would be very intresting. But I'm still not fully understanding where it mounts. Just right against the current radiator?


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