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Damn crappy radiators
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Fri, 18 October 2002 15:25
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Why dont toyota just fit aliminium topped rads as standard.. it would save me all the hassle.
The story so far.. my rads gone (cracked top), i cant get another apart from a toyota one, which is megabucks and i cant see the point in spending a furtune on a stock part. I cant get mine repaired apparently either due to the plastic top.
SO i have now discovered my best plan of action is to buy a Koyo rad from the states SUPPOSEDLY made the the MA70 supra, but in fact is actually made to fit the JZA70 supra (mine)... howver, this is for a manual transmission car and mine is an auto, hence i will have to fit a seperate oil cooler at yet more expense.
All this because of a little crack. What a farce.. this car is def going next year.. probably by being pushed off a cliff.
Anyway, the point of my thread is.. what are the advantages/disadvantages of a seperate oil cooler for the AT gearbox? Can i just fit a universal one or is there some specifics i should be looking for?
Or if anyone has any other ideas or auto rads that will fit in the JZA i'm all ears !! Bearing in mind that the reason i want the koyo is that a US group buy website is selling them at £230 UK pounds.
cheers
adi
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Re: Damn crappy radiators
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Sat, 19 October 2002 10:17
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I'm guessing here...a WILD guess at that, that maybe your car is running the A340/1E transmission???
If so, these transmissions like to be cool.
The advantage of installing a separate cooler is that the trans fluid will be MUCH better cooled than in the stock installation, resulting in longer transmission life and, thus, les expense.
I am putting a 1UZ into a Cressida, which runs the A340E transmission and I had not even thought of retaining the stock transmission cooling...I'm going to fit the biggest 'cooler I can squeeze in there!
Hope this helps!
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Re: Damn crappy radiators
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Sat, 19 October 2002 11:33
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Cheers for the reply.. its an A342E transmission (different ratios to the ones you describe, but apart from that pretty similar).
Im now looking into fitting a seperate cooler.
cheers
adi
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Re: Damn crappy radiators
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Sat, 19 October 2002 13:10
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far out sorry to hear it, UK230 is a lot of money dude, nowadays that works out to be more like AUS$600+.. all for a radiator, youd think theyde make better factory ones, being a high priced exoctic sports car. Maybe the previous owner(if there was one) was using something in the coolant that eat away the top?
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BlackRA28
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Re: Damn crappy radiators
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Sat, 19 October 2002 13:18
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I dont mind UK £230 for a decent rad like the koyo (they're normally a lot more than that, but theres a group buy site in the states doing them for that price).
Once i've added shipping, vat, oil cooler for the transmission, i think its going to be nearer £400+. I could get a custom one made for that price.
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