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Chuck33079

How did the Mishimoto radiator look? The one I bought from them years ago was a mess. It held water, but the welds were crap and it barely fit. Have they improved?

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Mr.Squeeze

It didn't look bad at all here are a few crappy cell phone pictures I took.

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Chuck33079

Maybe they're making progress. Or you got a good one. That's always been the real issue. It's pretty hit or miss on their quality.

When you were running the CSF radiator, were you running 50/50 antifreeze and water?

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Mr.Squeeze

With the CSF I ran a 50/50 mix at first and I also ran a 70/30 mix with Recline Water wetter neither worked . I pretty ran simular temps to the OP of this thread witch is hot. One pull on the highway and your running real hot.

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GaleForce

There is a detailed DIY with the mishimoto rad somewhere on this forum. Has good pictures too. I'll try to find it and share the link.

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GaleForce

Found it, thanks to Google (the forum search sucks donkey balls)

NEW 370Z Mishimoto Radiator Install

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Chuck33079

I was hoping for something a little clearer. The pics are nice, but you can't really tell what the welds look like, and that was a problem when I had a Mishimoto on another car.

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GaleForce

This any better?

Nissan 370Z Performance Aluminum Radiator, 2009+, by Mishimoto

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Chuck33079

Better, but I'd hope the pics on their own website would be good.

Their problems seem to be hit or miss, leading me to believe their quality control is still as good as it's always been. That's why I wanted to hear back from Mr. Squeeze, since he doesn't **** around with his car.

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GaleForce

^^^ Truth!

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roplusbee

Wait, what? I have a hard time believing that Mishimoto has developed anything better than "on-par" with CSF. We need a good 'ol Texas car to report, where we have frequent 100 degree days.

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Mr.Squeeze

The OP of this thread live in Texas look at the temperatures there hot over 200 degrees in 80-85 degree weather . I keep reading on this forum about CSF quality on this forum , and let me tell you my first hand experience. My CSF radiator bleeder screw crossed threaded just taking it out while trying to bleed the system of air , this also happened to a friend that has a similar set up to mine with a built motor his drain plus also crossed threaded . The CSF raditor was the only option for a while now there are better choices Mishimoto and GTM. The radiator is just to small its one row 30MM. It just won't cut it when it comes to pushing the car hard .

I ultimately believe that the GTM radiator would be the best for our cars its just very expensive.

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theDreamer

It looks like the Mis is overall deeper versus the CSF.

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Sh0velMan

Those pics settle it for me.. Mishimoto is definitely the superior unit for performance applications.

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Sh0velMan

I went with my $250 PWR radiator that required heavy modification of the support simply because the CSF was too expensive and too small for its price...

Didn't know the Mishimoto was so much larger or I might have just gone for that.

The GTM unit is marvelous, but it's really expensive...

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