Buschur Racing 1/2 width radiator
We have been offering a 1/2 width radiator for a very long time, I'd venture to say the first guys to put one in an EVO. Originally we used a Fluidyne radiator for another car and then modified it to fit. The radiators worked exceptionally well but by the time we had to cut some parts off and weld on new to make them work they were not very pretty.
I have been extremely impressed with the quality of the Fluidyne radiator and have found it to keep the car cooler than any other radiator commonly sold for the EVO.
The other thing I have been overly impressed with is the abuse the Fluidyne takes. We have blown a few head gaskets causing the radiators to actually balloon. The radiators have measured as much as 3" WIDER in the center from these mishaps and I have NEVER-EVER seen one leak a drop of fluid. That is impressive. Other radiators I've seen completely explode and lose entire top or bottom tanks, this can be extemely dangerous when on the race track.
These new radiators are a direct fit and use the stock upper and lower mounting brackets. They will be available in -10 AN inlet/outlet only but will have an option to adapt from that to your stock radiator hose if you wish. The radiators will also come with a high flow, fully shrouded FAL fan.
As I said, we have had such great success with the Fluidyne it was time to take it to the next level and get a custom made part for what we were trying to do. I spoke with Fluidyne and had questions about why their radiator, while "looking like" so many of the others, performed so much better and stayed together in a case of an extreme blown head gasket. This is what they had to say:
"In the world of Heat Exchangers… there are a lot of Impersonators. Like some low cost drugs sold on the internet, there are lots of Generic radiators available out there that are produced from a huge array of “Me-Too” producers who can copy good designs but don’t have a clue how to add the ‘secret sauce’. Yes, their parts often look like the real deal and often, they sell at eye-popping prices but believe me… they don’t know what really makes them work. That knowledge comes from real Engineers who have made a career out of maximizing the performance of a cooler rather than being focused on how to copy a good design."
Here is why this radiator cools so well and why we have chosen Fluidyne to make these for us:
1. Looking at the ‘water-side’ of your radiators, they have been designed with a 38mm radiator tube which allows high volume water flow with a minimum of turbulence and pressure drop… two key attributes of any high performance cooling system
2. The ‘air-side’ of your radiators employ a high performance ‘louvered’ air fin which provides significantly higher rates of heat rejection at lower air speeds.
3. The core is constructed with clad tubes and clad headers which promote a better tube-to-tubesheet braze joint and allows the use of thinner fin material… a critical aspect in the heat exchange that is characteristic of a high performance air fin.
Finally here is a picture of the finished radiator:
These radiators will be $500. The high flow fully shrouded fan will add another $150 to the kit pricing. Pictures of the complete unit coming, installed with the fan.
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