Thread: Time for a new "TRUE 2.0L RADIATOR" which one should I get?

I'm just trying to find a NX RAD period. Who sales them besides the dealer?

Look on this board or the other board for mechanical partouts. Or post a thread in the wanted section. This is how i found my nx rad for a whole 20bucks

Here is a few places to get them brand new
RadiatorExpress.com - Product Display

Or try this link they have a whole bunch of nx rads
PROLIANCE Part # 439511

^The company to that first link owe me $189 and there RADS are universal for both the 1.6 and 2.0

^Second link, no parts found?

The second on is a pain to link. Just go to part catalog and go to nissan-1992-93-nx-2000(sr20de)-cooling-radiators. Lmk if you get it. Its not that hard you should be able to find it. They have like 4-5 different rads and one is even a koyo oem and its only like 162

It's true that adding fins eventually falls victim to the "law of diminishing returns" because you lose some airflow, but after increasing surface area by 33% it seems like it would take a severe loss of airflow to negate the gains. I've never seen any testing, but I have to assume the Nissan engineers know what they are doing. I've never heard of anyone running a GTIR radiator having cooling issues in stop and go traffic (without other issues at least).



To say the Koyo is "overrated" implies that it doesn't perform as well as it should. That's not really accurate. I would say it's "overkill" and I agree that most folks would do fine with an NX rad.

BTW, have you ever price checked a brand new Nissan radiator? The Koyo isn't much more expensive than a plain-jane SER radiator. I would argue that makes the Koyo a bargain.

Overkill is definitely a better word because like you said not many people need them and a NX rad is more then sufficient.

As for the pricing why would u buy from the dealer when you can buy a used or aftermarket one. **** I paid 20 bucks for my used nx rad in perfect condition!

^You got lucky paying 20 bucks. Seriously jonwepa, how many people have paid $20 for a good condition NX RAD? If so, they need to speak up and share with the rest of us.

If you look hard enough in the forsale sections you be surprised what you can find and besides that the link I gave you has some decently priced radiators on it.

GL

I got my used NX rad for $65 shipped in april 2006. Still rockin it. I think it was from here;

Car-Part.com--Used Auto Parts Market

A lot of vendors have merged the parts for NX/Sentra 1.6/2.0 radiators so it makes it hard to get one from NAPA or wherever. The Modines are particularly prone to this since they were bought out in 2005 iirc.

There was at one time I believe an article on SE-R.net comparing the SE-R/NX/GTiR radiators. The gist was this; unless you race a lot the NX rad is your best bet.

PS a little bird once told me P10 radiator is the same as NX rad.