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Old 09-14-2008, 11:47 PM
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This radiator was on my turbo miata for two years and worked great. Fits 1990-97 cars. I sold the car and need to get rid of this radiator. With a 180* thermostat, the highest coolant temp recorded was 186* after a 20 min track session. This radiator will solve your cooling problems! It is a tight squeeze, and you will have to trim some of the plastic from the lower fan shroud. It is all aluminum, purchased from coolradiator.com. Comes with a 16 psi cap and mounting brackets. The top tank was painted flat black to make it more discrete.

Here is the install thread: https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/sho...olradiator.com

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Same radiator I have, only larger. Even at my only 2" core, it's great. Good luck with the sale.
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I'm surprised by the lack of interest. As far as I know, this radiator is no longer available, and the closest comparable is several hundred more.
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Wait some more.
I have the 1" version and it works well for my turbo car.
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Is that a CSF Core or just CSF Cap??
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My coolradiator.com rad came with the same cap. I assume they were just reselling the CSF stuff. Either case, the CSF aluminum rads are discontinued, and coolradiator.com doesn't exist anymore.
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Looks like my 2 1/16" CSF. Awesome ******' radiator.
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As Scott said, the cap is the same 16 psi cap that came with the radiator. I believe the radiator is a CSF unit, but have no concrete proof.

It is a sweet radiator, I was this -><- close to making it fit my '99, but you would have to cut out the lower mounting supports, and I'm not quite ready to rip this car up.
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