I was wondering if you could keep us posted on how the rad works for you, as I'm now considering getting one so I can rid myself of this mostly plastic one thats in my 3vze?. I like the fact that it looks like you can modify mounting and tweek it. Thanks again.

 

Yeah will do. It's already running noticeably cooler as I earlier stated. I won't know anything past that till mud bog season rolls around in a few months. Of course my observations will be skewed some anyway and any improvement I see is based on a 25 year old radiator.

 

I'd hang that old radiator up on the wall in honor of 25 years of doing its job lol. I'm subscribed, thanks take care.

 

I just told that to the girlfriend and she just rolled her eyes. lol.
Maybe if I had a garage, I'd be enough redneck to do that. hahaha.

 

hey extreme, did yours hang below the front crossmember. I have a stock 3vze radiator on my 22r and it was way taller than the origional.

 

It's just above the bottom of that crossmember.

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After

 

Really glad it's working out for ya so far, B.... Great DEAL HUNTING! .... Only thing, I think I just caught......Did you say, that IF it doesn't hold up, you can't actually return it/get a credit?

 

That I don't know, I want to say these Silla's have Lifetime on the, but me ordering it online through eBay makes it a little difficult. Let's just hope I don't have to find out how.

 

I'll have to post a pic of mine when I get home, I went ahead and put on a 2 in. body lift I had laying around to keep mine flush with the bottom of that cross member.

 

Hey xxxtreme, how ya doing?. I know it might be a little early, but hows your silla radiator doing? hope all is well.

 

Maybe if you washed your engine and radiator once and a while, the old one wouldn't have had any issues cooling other than the leaks.

 

It held up @ this weeks bog pretty well, even after getting doused with a fire hose when warm. I did get hot again. But it wasn't till me 3rd and 4th runs where I started having issues with cooling. I have to figure out a way to keep the mud from getting on the inside the fan shroud. Will Most likely be on the lookout for a Taurus fan.

As far as the cleaning comment, that was a 1987 OEM original Radiator. I hit the radiator after ever bog on weekends. When I had the issue with it the last time I just left it alone since I knew I was going to be replacing it.

Cleaning only takes a rad so far, did you see the fins on that thing, or the lack therof? Nothing to do with cleaning. Besides you'll have that when you run 3-4-5 mud bogs a year.

 

Hey dude, glad to see it held up, probably you'll need to see how it makes it through the season. Looks good with all that mud on it. I still think that your old radiator belongs in the smithsonian. I'm still considering getting one. Take care

 

Mud is good

 

Good news... NOW, ....I no longer have to wonder when that thing is getting that custom paint job you were pondering! hehehe

 

Well, I installed my Silla this weekend and so far so good. I'm not really mud bogging to your level so i think mine will do just fine.

Install was a breeze. One issue I had was that the mounting holes didn't line up 100%. I knew this going in because this radiator wasn't really spec'd for the 22RE. I had to make some mounting brackets on each side so that it would fit properly.

The biggest issue is how high the radiator sits because this thing is a little taller than the OEM one. So much so that the hood wouldn't close. I didn't want to cut into my hood so I made brackets that dropped the whole radiator down a bit so that the hood would close. The only other issue was the skid plate. Fortunately the skid just touches the bottom of the radiator and I'm still able to bolt it up.

It was 85 degrees here yesterday and I took it out on the highway with about 200+ lbs of gear in the back and the AC on full blast. The hottest I ever got was about 160 degrees.

 

Nice, Lotus! Looks tight, but clean job and good improvisation!

 

thanks Chef! oh yeah, I'm also running a 16" Spal fan just to keep things even cooler. :-)

 

Hey XXX, hope your doing well. I just wanted to inquire about Silla and how's she doing at the bog's?
What do you think---------- or------------- ?

 

No issues with the rad so far. I did notice though that it's pushing coolant into the overflow and not sucking it back in. I don't know if it's rad related, if I got a bad cap or something else. I still did have issues overheating, most likely due to mud still collecting between the rad and shroud. I have to seal that up better or put a Taurus fan on it.