Supra radiators w/brass tanks?

Benesesso · 03-10-2006, 09:36 PM

Got quite a surprise when I took my 1990 radiator to a local rad. shop. I wanted to have a thicker 3-row core made for it. Rad. shop took one look and said "no way, this thing has plastic tanks".

Did any years of the Mklll have metal tanks? The car has an auto trans., and the nice $$$ aftermarket alum. rads. don't have AT provisions. They said to mount an ext. trans. cooler ahead of the rad., but this would probably defeat most of the purpose of trying to dump more engine heat here in an Arizona summer, where 115 deg. is common.

mrnickleye · 03-10-2006, 10:02 PM

My '89 had a brass tank, 2 row. It blew, split the tank seam open. 2 years ago I got an aluminum core with plastic tanks for $120 from 'radiators.com'.

It has the auto trans cooler built in.

I live in the Mojave Desert, 105*+ summers. A/C on day & nite. I ran a small trans cooler out about 6" in front of the a/c condensor, using some brackets I fabbed.

I run the trans oil into it 'before' the radiator, to take some heat out of the fluid so it won't heat up the engine coolant as much. Everything runs very cool.

Also, there are brass ones out there. Check around on the net. They are about 50% to 100% more $$.

Strannik · 03-10-2006, 10:03 PM

they are all plastic
get an aftermarket rad and separate trans cooler - you will benefit from it

mrnickleye · 03-10-2006, 10:26 PM

try radiator express, much easier to work with, same or better price than other one.

http://www.radiatorexpress.com/part_lookup.asp this is supra page.

03-10-2006, 09:36 PM	#1
Benesesso 3" Exhaust Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 145	Supra radiators w/brass tanks? Got quite a surprise when I took my 1990 radiator to a local rad. shop. I wanted to have a thicker 3-row core made for it. Rad. shop took one look and said "no way, this thing has plastic tanks". Did any years of the Mklll have metal tanks? The car has an auto trans., and the nice $$$ aftermarket alum. rads. don't have AT provisions. They said to mount an ext. trans. cooler ahead of the rad., but this would probably defeat most of the purpose of trying to dump more engine heat here in an Arizona summer, where 115 deg. is common. __________________ "You see, wire telegraph is like a very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? Radio operates the same way: You send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is there is no cat." A. Einstein 1988 and 1990 Turbo Supras

03-10-2006, 10:02 PM	#2
mrnickleye 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mojave Desert, Calif. Posts: 1,705	My '89 had a brass tank, 2 row. It blew, split the tank seam open. 2 years ago I got an aluminum core with plastic tanks for $120 from 'radiators.com'. It has the auto trans cooler built in. I live in the Mojave Desert, 105*+ summers. A/C on day & nite. I ran a small trans cooler out about 6" in front of the a/c condensor, using some brackets I fabbed. I run the trans oil into it 'before' the radiator, to take some heat out of the fluid so it won't heat up the engine coolant as much. Everything runs very cool. Also, there are brass ones out there. Check around on the net. They are about 50% to 100% more $$. __________________ Had a Red 1989 N/A. Automatic. Sports Pkg. w/wing. TEMS, and some nice MODS. Sold to a friend 10/08/08.

03-10-2006, 10:03 PM	#3
Strannik 3" Exhaust Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 51	they are all plastic get an aftermarket rad and separate trans cooler - you will benefit from it __________________

03-10-2006, 10:26 PM	#4
mrnickleye 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mojave Desert, Calif. Posts: 1,705	try radiator express, much easier to work with, same or better price than other one. http://www.radiatorexpress.com/part_lookup.asp this is supra page. __________________ Had a Red 1989 N/A. Automatic. Sports Pkg. w/wing. TEMS, and some nice MODS. Sold to a friend 10/08/08.

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