Mishimoto VS ISIS Radiators :: Round One

[gian52]

Let the fight begin whose corner are you on ?!!?

[bllabong89]

I have a Mishimoto. It is very inexpensive and I think it is high quallity. I have heard it is comparable to Koyo. The polish is very clean and the welds look great. The only thing I dont care about is the o-ring on the drain plug. It seems to twist up when Tightening the plug but other than that, great quality

[OutToWinPAHC]

Screw all this cheap Chinese crap. Mishimoto sucks........ If you like cheap aluminum, bad brazing, bad welds, and threaded overflow nipples go for it.... oh and their caps are a joke most leak from the get go.

And I say this from experience.

[bersh240]

well... mishimoto is gona be better than isis.. but im gona buy a koyo...

[OutToWinPAHC]

Good call on that, if you got an SR check out the N-Flow.

[gian52]

ive heard alot of good / bad stuff from mishimoto like the rad caps suckin a** and the drainplug issue but i havent heard anything from isis mishimoto looks like a reputable company plus they do alot for drifters and the 240sx scene isis is like ?!??!

[J240sx]

Isis is on enjuku's drift car, but many people here dislike the brand for some unknown reason. I am in the market for a radiator for my sr though, if i get the isis i will be sure to report back.

[SR Superstar]

Didn't Mishimoto address all issues they were having? Such as coming out with the new drain plug, new rad cap, and upping their warranty to lifetime for everything?

[OutToWinPAHC]

Whats the drain plug issue? I never had a problem there, but all of their caps leak, my autozone cap works better. But all said and done its just Chinese crap.

[Flicktitty]

for what it's worth i had a CX racing one, and it kept the Ka VERY cool. no issues. it wasen't the prettiest of radiators but it seemed to work. once the 2JZ was in the fight was on to keep the car cool, the CX just couldn't do it. now after about 9 months of struggling to get the car to run cool the CX started to leak (from the filler area) so now onto a Koyo. should have done that in the first place, with the money we have spent on the CX and now the Koyo we coulda had a f*** Griffin or another custom one.

[s13sickboi]

really the only person ive seen talking crap about mishimoto is out to win... but the radiators aside.... has anyone used theyre fan switch? im thinkin bout using it in my electric fan conversion...

[OutToWinPAHC]

I'm not talking crap, I had a stack of 3 of them sitting around because they were leaking left and right. They may have a nice lifetime warranty, but its not good when it leaves your a** stranded because you overheated and warped a head.

[s13sickboi]

....and you used mishi with you LS?

[OutToWinPAHC]

Still in there. But once this one leaks I'm going Griffen.

Rad one..... Welds not finished right out of the box
Rad two..... Overflow nipple leaked, found out it was threaded and only held in by 4 turns and teflon tape.
Rad three .. Installed, filled leaked from the fins
Rad four .... Current, no leaks other then the rad cap that was leaking.

[s13sickboi]

yes ive read your experieces with mishi... i currently run a stock so i probably shouldnt even be in this thread... from what ive read about mishi is good stuff with an excepion of you... so i really wanna know before i go and spend my money

[Hoffman5982]

Out to win, why would you even go through that many if they all had problems? that makes absolutely no sense. If I have problems after already having it replaced once I would get my money back and find something else

[Flicktitty]

Out to win, why would you even go through that many if they all had problems? that makes absolutely no sense. If I have problems after already having it replaced once I would get my money back and find something else

easy, if they have a warrenty he just keeps getting free ones. if i kept getting free ones i'd keep them till i had the money saved up to buy a better one.

[ZootedS13]

Never ran a mishi, but my isis is holding up well. the welds look good and i havent had any leaks anywhere.

[Hoffman5982]

Out to win, why would you even go through that many if they all had problems? that makes absolutely no sense. If I have problems after already having it replaced once I would get my money back and find something else

easy, if they have a warrenty he just keeps getting free ones. if i kept getting free ones i'd keep them till i had the money saved up to buy a better one.

so if it kept failing, sometimes while driving, you would keep putting you car at risk like that?

[Flicktitty]

so if it kept failing, sometimes while driving, you would keep putting you car at risk like that?

personally no. but! you do buy something TO WORK! what's the chance EVERYONE you have gotten is junk? i could see putting a new one in thinking ok maybe i got a dud....

[OutToWinPAHC]

I dont drive my car really, its a trailer queen. and I monitor my head, hot in and cool water out. The first one dude, second warrenty, third bad out of the box again, 4th so far so good but if it leaks, no more warranty, just gonna shoe horn a griffin in her and never worry about it again

[E7-S14]

Lol
ill buy whatevers cheap.
ppl think give a s*** about this car haha

[Hoffman5982]

I dont drive my car really, its a trailer queen. and I monitor my head, hot in and cool water out. The first one dude, second warrenty, third bad out of the box again, 4th so far so good but if it leaks, no more warranty, just gonna shoe horn a griffin in her and never worry about it again

with your swap, that's what I would have done in the beginning. for my puny little sr swap, I'm sure an ISIS will suffice. Enjuku seems pretty confident about their quality, so I think it will be fine