What company radiator and FMIC to buy?

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Justin35ll
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Well I just made a purchase on enjuku for OEM gasket setgreddy RASWalbro fuel pumpStainless clutch line

Now, all thats left that I need to get to swap in my sr is engine mounts, radiator, fmic, and downpipe/exhaust.

What front mounts and raditors are you guys running? I'm thinking about buying the CXRacing radiator/hoses/daul 12" fans on ebay for around 220 shipped.

I know ebay usually isn't quality, but I think this radiator might be okay has anyone ever ran one?

Now for the fmic, I was looking at CXRacings, but I don't like it the quality doesn't look good and it's not flanged for bov and it just doesn't look good to me.Are there any other cheap alternative fmic's that I can look into buying?



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snake240
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when it comes to cooling and reliability go with a koyo rad. i would stay away from an ebay one. really the same w/ the fmic. mine is from ebay, the intercooler itself is great, but the pipes that came w/ mine were crappy. theyre made from cast aluminum so its very porous and i had pinholes to find and weld up to fix boost leak.

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Justin35ll
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Yeah, it wasn't the intercooler core that scared me just the piping that doesn't look too good.Would like to hear some more input

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I just got a koyo one

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positron1
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I went with a Koyo rad and I'm very happy with it so I vote shell out for the Koyo on radiators.

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mRodiek
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i would get the koyo from phase 2 or enjuku...buy the IC core from ebay, scrap the piping and make your own! try pipingpro.comthis be my plan yo

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I have a Godspeed FMIC kit, and Godspeed radiator w/ hoses. very happy with the performance of both, I don't like the fitment of the intercooler piping though...

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pauliedrft
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Moshimoto rad haven't had any probs out of it yet and fmic haven't used yet cause my sr isn't being bought until January but it is a cxracing kit for an s-14 sr the intercooler it self is sound but don't really like the way the piping was done but i will give a full review of it after i have it all installed..

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s13-t
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i recomend cx racing. I own both their rad and fmc, havnt had a problem with either one, made really well nice welds and an amazing price.

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240life
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I personally used a Koyo rad and greddy fmic and have had no issues what so-ever with my purchase....although I have heard decent things about some of the e-bay radiators...I would personally recomend spending the $ for products that have been proven to work unless you have the money and time to do things twice.

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some of the ebay radiators are ok, ive heard.....fluidyne or koyo are best

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CMG
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Koyo FTW, or mishimoto to save a little. Screw a FMIC unless you've upgraded the turbo and injectors and are boosting it.

shift_SRDETuser
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CMG wrote:Koyo FTW, or mishimoto to save a little. Screw a FMIC unless you've upgraded the turbo and injectors and are boosting it.
I bought a cheap cxracing radiator that came with fans. Greddy intercooler which I like a lot. The cheap radiators from cx and megan are actually pretty good and they are NICE factory fit and the welds are good.

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david200095367
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i have a cxracing fmic and quality is great. i like it better than my greddy fmic. piping is nice as well. and they are not cast.

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Justin35ll
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Yeah, that's good they arn't cast that would potentially be boost leak central, but I hate the hotpipes on them wtf why do they look like that?If I get the fmic I'l have to upgrade to one of enjukus hotpipes with flange

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CSUPUEBLOTIM
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Justin35ll wrote:Yeah, that's good they arn't cast that would potentially be boost leak central, but I hate the hotpipes on them wtf why do they look like that?If I get the fmic I'l have to upgrade to one of enjukus hotpipes with flange
I know exactly what your talking about. It even says like redesigned and the best on the market. I am like keep the piping the same size and run a coupler reducer or just reduce the piping right before the turbo, not cut it down to like 2" for a 12" length. LOL

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I have a used single-row Fluidyne radiator, and full Greddy FMIC.

I would suggest that you get a Koyo, and a used Greddy kit, as the quality is great.



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