Mishimoto radiator quality ?

[shaungriff1]

Hope some of you guys can put my mind at rest. I spoke to the owner of a company that makes one off rads for motorsport etc today & he was saying something about due to the high numbers of rads Mishimoto produce it can pull the Furness temperature down too much at times which can cause problems when the rads get about 18months old they can start to leak ? Has anybody had this ? The guy has a 3- 6 weeks waiting list so I was gonna get a Mishimoto rad instead of waiting but now I’m not sure what to do Thanks shaun

[ARAF]

IIRC Monkfish and Neil Johnson have fitted a few.

[shaungriff1]

I spoke to Vauxhall today & apparently the original radiator is no longer available so they just gave me the part number

[vxr2010]

you have Aussi and usa markets too for parts , i think there rads can be hit and miss , from memory a number of people have bought them on here with no issues , how much are they and is it all alloy so if you did get a problem then easy to weld ?

[GSE]

Had a Mishimoto rad in my Monaro for the last two years with no issues. They look very well made and a lot better than the OE part with plastic ends that eventually leak. The Mishi rad is slightly larger in capacity, the car takes a little longer to reach operating temperature from cold compared to the OE rad. Are there really a lot of Mishi rads that have started to leak?

[stevieturbo]

I havent used a Monaro Mishi...but have bought a couple of their other fitments.

There's no hiding they are Chinese, but TBH quality wise I'd say they're pretty good, especially as they dont carry huge prices.

[shaungriff1]

ive Decided to order a denso rad from Usa £180 inc del & tax. Fingers crossed it’s the right one !

[monkfish1]

GSE said:

Had a Mishimoto rad in my Monaro for the last two years with no issues. They look very well made and a lot better than the OE part with plastic ends that eventually leak. The Mishi rad is slightly larger in capacity, the car takes a little longer to reach operating temperature from cold compared to the OE rad. Are there really a lot of Mishi rads that have started to leak?

We sold a lot of these, and dont recall ever having a failure.

[stevieturbo]

monkfish1 said:

We sold a lot of these, and dont recall ever having a failure.

Mishi ofer a lifetime warranty anyway ? Although no idea how robust that is.

[monkfish1]

stevieturbo said:

Mishi ofer a lifetime warranty anyway ? Although no idea how robust that is.

Dont know, never needed it!

[stevieturbo]

Has to be said though...the fact they offer such a warranty, has to be confidence inspiring, and is one of the reasons I bought one to use on my own car.
Although I null/void the warranty once I started welding at it lol

[notransistors]

When my plastic radiator took a dump, I installed one of these Mishi-somethings. In spite of its Chinese origin {I resent China], it works just fine.
Gone are the days when you could go to an actual auto radiator shop, and for little money, have a copper/brass radiator custom-fabricated. Did that for my TR-7 and my Dad's Chrysler with a huge 440 engine.