i saw a gtu at my local junkyard with a calsonic radiator and wonder if they had ones that came with the car and i was alos wondering why i have seen some stock radiators with only one filler cap unlike mine which has 2. btw i have a 88 GXL

 

Calsonic makes radiators in Japan.
They are nothing special.

Mazda redid the cooling system.  Early Zenki FC's (i.e. 1986 and early 1987) have just one cap.  Later Zenki FC's have two - one on top and one of the rad.


-Ted

 

i have an early zenki 87 gxl with a filler on both rad and top.

maybe it's because it is a left hand drive spec purchased in england?

 

does'nt england have right hand drive?

 

I think the Series V cars went with one filler cap again and the gooseneck extension in the 89-91 years.

 

theres a 3rd one with a 3rd cap on the overflow. they had problems on the fc with air bubbles

 

... and FDs. RX-8 - who knows.

 

so in other words the calsonic radiator is not worth getting cuz it looked better than the stock one

 

On my S5 I only have one rad cap, on a gooseneck on the radiator.

 

That's what I thought too...

 

It might've been replaced by the Mazda dealer.


-Ted

 

I think this is the special Mazda TSB "kit" they offered for a little while?


-Ted

 

Is it all shiny silver aluminum?
If it's just black, then it's nothing special.


-Ted

 

the fins are shiny aluminum but the tanks on the ends are like black with some other color its a mixture i'll post pics when i get them

 

Yeah, try and drop a pic - that would really help.



-Ted

 

yep

 

back in '87 there was a company in england that my pops bought the rex from that sold mazdas that were built to american specs. it made it a lot easier to ship back to the states. i think they are out of business now.

funny thing is though, originally the car also had km/h gage cluster instead mp/h, and a power driver's seat. both were removed prior to shipping the car back to the states.

 

denso makes parts for FC too nothin special

 

yeah i couldnt get any pics up and after looking more into i concluded it was a stock one since i noticed a N350 coding on it and the tanks where the same as stock ones