My rad decided it was,nt going play ball anymore last week , i phoned nissan for a price !! £277 plus vat , ouch , but not wanting the same problems you get i.e side tanks going brittle and being bloody puny for such a big and hot engine Manta v8 recomended i phoned SERCK INTERTRUCK

they looked at the old rad to see if an uprated core could be fitted , the side tanks are available seperately from nissan but they are too slim to fit a thicker core .

They said they can make a new rad out of brass with a triple core , aparently having a much improved flow rate and obviously more coolant.

The best bit £190 plus vat , quite a good upgrade me thinks ! :dance:

Koyo do a great uprated rad for the Zed. NE Performance in the Traders section sell 'em.

 

Steve :)

Take a look here

 

Steve :)

Take a look here

 

Steve :)

 

Cheers for that steve,we looked at these,but a bit ott for an everyday car,obviuosly more expensive.

The one boldy went for is a ''proper'' rad-copper and brass-and easily repaired in future if needs be ;)

I had one made by serckx, cost £240 all in. Made from pig iron!

You'll have to give 'em the old one as a pattern though.

Took them a fookin' month to make it though!!!!...Oxford branch.

Stress you want the bleed screw fitted, i didn't get one in mine! :eek:

UK one is has 30% more cooling than the import one so a 2nd hand one of those is a good place to start

Boldy picked up the rad today from serck's-took a week just like the man said!

230 inc'-new rad cap and a top bleed fitted,the core is a three row jobby,and I gotta say I'm that impressed,think i'll have one!! :dance:

Gonna ask john[rad anorak]if he can put me a threaded boss in the side tank to take a level switch,for early warnings!! ;)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7919823060&category=33602&sspagename=WDVW

 

 

pffft Americans get every thing :(

 

thats about 80 quid :(

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7919823060&category=33602&sspagename=WDVW

 

 

pffft Americans get every thing :(

 

thats about 80 quid :(

 

Still only a standard rad bud,and plastic :nono:

ahhrrrr so not all koyo's for the Z are uprated :)

ahhrrrr so not all koyo's for the Z are uprated :)

 

 

ooof what about this one tho!

 

275$ = £165 :o

 

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ooof what about this one tho!

 

275$ = £165 :o

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33602&item=7919012515&rd=1

 

THATS the kiddy bud,wonder how miuch to get it over the pond though :eek: !

Got the rad today , no probs fitting it , just had to trim a bit of the rubber of the top brackets for them to seat properly , there were no mounts for the cowling but there again i did,nt ask john to fit them !

When i bought the car ( Deanos jap tt ) i knew the heater matrix had gone and been bypassed, got a S/H one through the club so i,ve put that in aswell, quite easy to do with the dash in (if its an auto ) just fiddly , tis if yo,ve got fingers like bananas.

So finally ive got cooling at the front and heat in the middle bit !

One happy boldy :dance:

Got the rad today , no probs fitting it , just had to trim a bit of the rubber of the top brackets for them to seat properly , there were no mounts for the cowling but there again i did,nt ask john to fit them !

When i bought the car ( Deanos jap tt ) i knew the heater matrix had gone and been bypassed, got a S/H one through the club so i,ve put that in aswell, quite easy to do with the dash in (if its an auto ) just fiddly , tis if yo,ve got fingers like bananas.

So finally ive got cooling at the front and heat in the middle bit !

One happy boldy :dance:

 

 

"bout time! :tongue: