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mishimoto aluminum radiator and zionsville shroud installed


Das Borgen

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along with a Spal 16" puller fan

 

 

Accumulated parts and wiring elements over a month and installed everything tonight. Took me 2hours actual work. had to rush out to the local hardware store for water (for my stomach) and some clear vinyl tube for my overlow bottle which ended up being the bottle of water I had drunk....sweet!

 

bleeding was super easy. I've never had ANY problems bleeding

 

on to photos

old rad on left and new (mishimoto) rad on right

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss160/das_borgen/Arctic%20Silver%20E36%20M3/IMG00090-20100810-1611.jpg?t=1281485357

 

 

note that on the Mishimoto radiator, the top nipple and the top hose junction are so close together that it s a bear to get both on along with their hose clamps.

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss160/das_borgen/Arctic%20Silver%20E36%20M3/IMG00092-20100810-1650.jpg?t=1281485360

 

in the above and below photo, you can see the rectangular hole for the rubber holding pads are fairly bigger than the rubber pads. This has to potential to let the rad wiggle back and forth so just fill the hole with something to pad it up

edit: I wrapped the rubber pads in about 10 layers of electrical tape and they fit snug in the hole now, just as snug as the rubber pad by itself in a stock (OEM) radiator..... no more wiggling around... This is important to not let the rad vibrate back and forth. MUST DO

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss160/das_borgen/Arctic%20Silver%20E36%20M3/IMG00091-20100810-1650.jpg?t=1281485802

 

 

relay and wiring hiding behind the + terminal box

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss160/das_borgen/Arctic%20Silver%20E36%20M3/IMG00094-20100810-1650.jpg?t=1281485362

 

finished

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss160/das_borgen/Arctic%20Silver%20E36%20M3/IMG00096-20100810-1937.jpg?t=1281485366

 

the shroud was riveted to the top and bottom U-channels of the radiator (5 dollars for a rivet gun with rivets from HB...wow)

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss160/das_borgen/Arctic%20Silver%20E36%20M3/IMG00069-20100805-1700.jpg?t=1281485966

 

 

took it out for a quick spin and my needle stayed in the same 12oclock spot.

The radiator took a little bit more coolant than the stock one (about half liter to a full liter, not more)

I wired the fan to come on full speed when the high temp on the coolant switch (88C) completes the circuit....

 

I tested it and it works beautifully (it turns on both the factory aux and Spal when I ground out the high temp wire of the switch). But the fan never turned on during my test drive.... ;)

 

The Mishimoto is a pretty nice rad for the money. But like I noted, the top driver side small nipple and coolant hose input neck are so close together it s annoying to slip their hoses on.....

 

I'm ready for MidOhio this week end

 

 

thanks for reading and comments are welcome

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looks good Rich.

 

Is there an advantage to going to an overflow style system instead of the expansion tank?

 

well the aluminum tank (with the Stant cap) is designed to open at 28-32psi to vent the system.... only then does the aluminum overflow bottle vent out coolant...... the clear tube does NOT lead to an overflow bottle.... it s simply there to catch excess coolant when the system's pressure gets above 32psi

 

Zionsville explained this to me

 

 

the advantage of having aluminum expansion tank instead of the stock plastic expansion is material selection. ventually, due to LOTS and LOTS of heat cycling, the stock plastic tank will faill (it usually takes 80k miles or so these cars). Anything over 80k miles on a stock plastic endtank radiator and stock plastic expansion tank on an E36, and you're living on borrowed time until they start leaking coolant

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I just put a Mishimoto radiator and fan shroud in the WRX, and I agree, it's a great radiator for the price. Installation of the radiator was straight forward with no real hitches. The fan shroud on the other hand requires some electrical knowledge since it didn't come with any instructions and Mishimoto never got back to me on my questions. But now that it's in, my coolant needle doesn't budge more than a milimeter.

 

So another :thumbup: for Mishimoto radiators.

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  • 3 weeks later...
I just put a Mishimoto radiator and fan shroud in the WRX, and I agree, it's a great radiator for the price. Installation of the radiator was straight forward with no real hitches. The fan shroud on the other hand requires some electrical knowledge since it didn't come with any instructions and Mishimoto never got back to me on my questions. But now that it's in, my coolant needle doesn't budge more than a milimeter.

 

So another :thumbup: for Mishimoto radiators.

saw your setup today :)

 

I like

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