Thread: New radiator - V8 - genuine, non genuine mass produced or custom

Ok...so maybe not as many people as I thought have got new radiators...50 people have viewed the post but no one has commented. I am bumping the thread up to see if anyone else responds.

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Haven't needed a new rad for my disco but in the past with other cars I have owned I have opted for the after market. But it all depends on what ur using ur truck for. Heavy towing etc in hot weather etc I would opt for an aussie desert cooler. It all comes down to the hip pocket and what your requirements are. Before I head up north for that big trip I'm going to fit an Aussie desert cooler just to be on the safe side.

Thanks mate - I will give them a try.

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You could also go PWR down the coast, a bit closer than Aussie Desert Coolers.

PWR are not cheap though at approx $1,089 for a D2 full aluminium radiator.

I dont have the Aussie Desert Cooler prices handy at the monent but they where a few hundred cheaper from memory and from what they say is a direct bolt in replacement.

Thanks Chris - they must be good radiators at 2.5 times the cost of an OEM one! I will check them out. I am going to straddie soon and will flog her through the sand with the trailer on to see how she goes. Mine only started to rise and peak at 105 since using Water Wetter - by Redline. Now they reckon that the water is slicker and more cohesive than normal water and as a result pulls around corners etc better so no (or less) air pockets and that it also pulls more heat out of the motor and into the coolant - such that as the coolant passes the sensor as it comes out of the heads the sensor will read hotter, BUT the engine temp itself (alloy temp) will be cooler because of it...now I am not completely sold on this, but they could well be right. The thing never spiked up there before water wetter, so i am thinking they have a good point. 105 is only 221f and a lot of vehicles are designed to run at that. The Thor has modern fuel injection, so allowing for the wetter that should be sweet. Most of the time its running at 90-100.

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