Has anyone had any luck running an aftermarket alum radiator and/or Electric fan?
Wondering if it would in let loose spun pounds/ resistance and cool better aswell.

 

No, but it sounds like a great idea!

Tell us all about it.

 

Hit the search. There is at least one thread current about using a 2nd gen rad, And several have been opened and have good info over the summer.


General concensienc is if your temps are fine then dont worrry about it. an e-fan does not hurt if you want to do it.


Welcome

 

Hi rotarybear,

Yeah, just recently installed the below. Cools great, Thermo certainly frees up motor a fair bit, Do it, you'll love it.

Cheers Sue

 

 

I will be using that setup in the near future, but I'll miss driving down the street high reving the motor and hearing that clutch fan sound ;-)

 

hey ruby 7
Is your electric fan cooling your oil cooler as well?

 

Tell us more about your rad. Model, price, fit, size?

 

Yes, more details if you wouldn't mind.

 

Yes, please do. That rad looks like a good fit for my Taurus fan.

 

Believe me 2wankel, you will not be missin' that hideous clutch fan for 1 minute.

eprx799, The fan is 16inch, more flow than 2 x 10 inch, so yes it does overlap the oil cooler, although it is solid mounted to the radiator.

Rx7carl, It is a custom, two core radiator made by BTR Aluminium Fabrications in South Australia. We drew it, they made it.
Its got some tricky stuff goin' on with the flow but not 100% sure what.
These two cores are huge and equivelant to four. Its a ripper.
Price, was a special for me, but I believe they are about 750 Aust.

Never really had a problem with the stock radiator, but that motha of a fan was pulling it apart.

Cheers Sue

 

I have.... and was just writing about it not too long ago

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showthread.php?t=357514

 

I don't know if it's the pain killers or if I'm sleepy...but I laughed really hard when I saw this crisp, clean sarcastic reply....

(Holy CRAP 1,600 post....I am a Junkie..)