Radiator
 

Looking through Ebay and came accross this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2809508389... 4.m1423.l2649

Sems silly to fiddle about with an old one at this value.
Question: Will it fit?

Don't want to fork out on it just to find it's too big! Any help apreciated.

Cant comment on the rad but can on the company. They are spot on, I have used them on at least 4 occasions you wont be having any issues with them.

Bob

man that is good, wish i'd got one of those now as it wouldv saved me loads of hassle

Bit of a bump...

So, anyone know if this would fit? Whats the maximum size of readiator that would fit inside a standard roadster nosecone without much hassle?

The Polo rad I used has the core size 380x322 (http://www.partsbase.net/part/ava-vw2038), and this one is 430x415. But, to be fair, there just might be enough space to fit it, the small Polo rad has lots of space around it.

I used a Honda civic all aluminium aftermarket racing radiator, it fits perfect in Saturn nose cone and keeps my 2.0l blacktop zetec cool, never overheated

eBay item 200510470518

As Great as that Honda rad looks Rich, its a little bit on the pricy side for my build, but good to know that a 350x350 core fits in ok. Is there much romm around it?

So taking Alga's info, this means I can fit at least a 380x350 core in. Any advances? My main issue is I don't want to bay the rad on the offchance it'll fit.

And that radiator looks pretty fit to purpose with a fan built in to it! One less set of mounts to make :D

i would recommend to use a mercedes 190e rad from 82-93 petrol manual upto 2.3l no A/C with the core size 293x343 (45mm thick) it has 2 inline 30mm in/outlets and a drain tap. mine was reasonably cheap (about £50) you will also need 2 90deg bend hoses

its small and thick and should be big enough core wise to cool anything that will fit in the roadster and fits nicely with masses of room in the nose cone

Baz, +1
I bought this radiator (Mercedes 190) last week (500 SEK= 55 EUR), thanks to you I must say : I actually wrote down this tip you gave already last year on this forum, to remember it when the time to buy the radiator will come :) . So first, thank you for that.
Mine also have an internal water-oil heat exchanger (2 x M16x1.50 connexions). Does yours have one too? I don't know if it is originally designed for gear box oil or engine oil?
The size is perfect for the Roadster, and thanks to its thickness, it can cope with 2.0's (it did anyway with the Mercedes)!

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Another popular option I recall is a clio rad. Dont know how this compares on size to the polo rad.I have the polo rad and from what I've heard/read I would probably now have gone for the merc rad for sure.