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    My Koyo still has stock brackets, and you just have to be careful installing not to puncture the core, They probably fit similarly.

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    Why spend any money if you don't have to. If you clean it and it works then great! If you power wash and the whole thing falls apart from rust then at least you tried.

    That said, the 3sx single pass is a direct drop in and looks nice too. The one I'd go with if my rad was toast.

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    pretty sure the 3sx one is cheaper than the koyo. the thing is so massive that one of the shops in florida thought it was my intercooler. lol!

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    I went with the one from split second motorsports. 180. Bolted in with stock brackets and it works great for what I need so yea...

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    Did the problem disappear? Any idea what was causing it to heat up when you look at the stock one (bent/clogged fins, internally plugged, ect) off the car?

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    Two stock A/C fans will work the best at keeping everything cool no matter what radiator you have in there, OEM or aftermarket. They flow more cfm than just about any aftermarket fan believe it or not. If that doesn't work, then you need to make up some ducting so the radiator is getting enough airflow through it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TurboSinceBirth View Post
    Two stock A/C fans will work the best at keeping everything cool no matter what radiator you have in there, OEM or aftermarket. They flow more cfm than just about any aftermarket fan believe it or not. If that doesn't work, then you need to make up some ducting so the radiator is getting enough airflow through it.
    Agreed, I was speaking with Matt at DR when I was having the overheating issue with one of the old DR TD05 kits. Stock Koyo replacement radiator (copper core, plastic end tanks) with two driver side AC fans solved overheating where aftermarket FAL and Mishimoto fans would not cool the car even with a 2inch KOYO aluminum radiator.

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    Pin hole in radiator was the issue. I have two slimlines off my dsm on the sl. Ive abused it in many ways now and has yey t ok over heat on me or anything.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Patryn View Post
    Agreed, I was speaking with Matt at DR when I was having the overheating issue with one of the old DR TD05 kits. Stock Koyo replacement radiator (copper core, plastic end tanks) with two driver side AC fans solved overheating where aftermarket FAL and Mishimoto fans would not cool the car even with a 2inch KOYO aluminum radiator.
    I had the FAL fans installed with my DR T3 kit and the stock A/C fans definitely blow harder it just gets tricky with bigger turbos trying to fit the fans.

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    I have the single pass, it pretty massive compared to stock.


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