aluminum rad ?

chatcher · 04-03-2005, 03:39 PM

i am getting ready to buy an al rad and i am looking at the fms piece and the one that summit sells under their name and was just wondering what the general consesus is they are about the same price the differences i see are the fms piece is three rows with plastic ends and the summit piece is two rows all aluminum i usually use fms pieces in my car when the are equal in quality and price with the comp let me know what you think thanks

Dark_5.0 · 04-03-2005, 11:18 PM

Summit stuff is good. I have there mufflers and a few small things on my car. I would choose the summit radiator because it is all aluminum if it was me.

~The Jester~ · 04-04-2005, 04:38 AM

I'm running the Summit radiator, and absolutely 100% love it. If something ever happens to it, it will most definitely get replaced with another Summit one. It's only 2 rows, yes. But keep in mind that the 2 rows are 1" tubing! Don't be afraid of this one at all.

chatcher · 04-04-2005, 11:50 AM

jester did you have to modify anything to get the summit piece in it says in the description for the fms piece that slight modifications are required but not in the description for the summit piece thank you both for the input

~The Jester~ · 04-04-2005, 03:12 PM

Have to trim the lower rubber mounts a bit to accomodate the bigger tanks, and same up top. Took me like 10 minutes, no biggie at all. Of course, I'm not running A/C, tranny cooler, and all that stuff, so my install was pretty straight up. The other thing I did was paint the front of the radiator flat black. MAN does the grill of the car look like crap with all that shiny aluminum behind it. Didn't realize just exactly how much of that radiator you can see behind that horse!

chatcher · 04-05-2005, 08:57 AM

thanks for the help i'm gonna go with the summit piece

04-03-2005, 03:39 PM	#1
chatcher Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: butler pa Posts: 303	aluminum rad ? i am getting ready to buy an al rad and i am looking at the fms piece and the one that summit sells under their name and was just wondering what the general consesus is they are about the same price the differences i see are the fms piece is three rows with plastic ends and the summit piece is two rows all aluminum i usually use fms pieces in my car when the are equal in quality and price with the comp let me know what you think thanks __________________ 92lx wannabe saleen

04-03-2005, 11:18 PM	#2
Dark_5.0 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Staging lane Posts: 4,337	Re: aluminum rad ? Summit stuff is good. I have there mufflers and a few small things on my car. I would choose the summit radiator because it is all aluminum if it was me. __________________ 92' LX-Big brakes, Lots and lots of suspension, GT40X heads, Ported cobra intake, stock cam, Vortech SC trim. 00' Lightning-Stock 88'CRX-13 second ego killer

04-04-2005, 04:38 AM	#3
~The Jester~ Rat Killer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Cold ass Ohio Posts: 1,143	Re: aluminum rad ? I'm running the Summit radiator, and absolutely 100% love it. If something ever happens to it, it will most definitely get replaced with another Summit one. It's only 2 rows, yes. But keep in mind that the 2 rows are 1" tubing! Don't be afraid of this one at all. __________________ d-Con Racing "Nothing fancy, just 347 inches of RAT POISON!" MICE need not apply.....

04-04-2005, 11:50 AM	#4
chatcher Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: butler pa Posts: 303	Re: aluminum rad ? jester did you have to modify anything to get the summit piece in it says in the description for the fms piece that slight modifications are required but not in the description for the summit piece thank you both for the input __________________ 92lx wannabe saleen

04-04-2005, 03:12 PM	#5
~The Jester~ Rat Killer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Cold ass Ohio Posts: 1,143	Re: aluminum rad ? Have to trim the lower rubber mounts a bit to accomodate the bigger tanks, and same up top. Took me like 10 minutes, no biggie at all. Of course, I'm not running A/C, tranny cooler, and all that stuff, so my install was pretty straight up. The other thing I did was paint the front of the radiator flat black. MAN does the grill of the car look like crap with all that shiny aluminum behind it. Didn't realize just exactly how much of that radiator you can see behind that horse! __________________ d-Con Racing "Nothing fancy, just 347 inches of RAT POISON!" MICE need not apply.....

04-05-2005, 08:57 AM	#6
chatcher Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: butler pa Posts: 303	Re: aluminum rad ? thanks for the help i'm gonna go with the summit piece __________________ 92lx wannabe saleen

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