I got a new rad today and although it has the same oem number as my standard one it has less tubes/cores. How many people run the one with less cores? Do you find any real differences? I run an oil cooler and my water temp hardly ever went about 80.
Thats the difference with the pattern part radiators, they don't get OEM re-cores. You'll be fine with the standard rad for general driving, but give it some beans and you will notice the car at a higher coolant temp than normal. More surface area for cooling = better.
Cheers nick, i think if i have any problems on hard driving i might look into getting an ally one as vw are on back order.
Meh, my rad has the nong40 core and I've not had it overheat on track days with a turbo and 21psi of boost.
Well that settles it then. Cheers paul!
i had too get a g40 rad for my eaton convertion as the normal rad was not up to the job
steve
Wonder why that was? Turbo's generate more heat so thought you would get more of a problem with turbo rather than charger.
I'd say he needs to check his AFR if it's running that hot :)