Swords Evolution

hotmustang95 · Nov 9, 2016

Things get interesting when I get board. And since my thread here has been quite for some time I feel it's time to play around with the car so I got a question for you guys. Should I paint my 4 point yellow? The latest thing Ive been doing is to paint all my suspension and body stiffening parts yellow. Ive alway wanted the yellow MM suspension parts so when I started upgrading my suspension I repainted it all yellow. I want people to see the good shit. I think that it'll match with the rest of the stuff. Whatcha guys think?

sleepn_sn95 · Nov 9, 2016

Sign me up for more yellow!

hotmustang95 · Nov 9, 2016

sleepn_sn95 said:
Sign me up for more yellow!

Lol can I borrow some from you

hotmustang95 · Nov 20, 2016

Late Model Restoration is having a 15% sale on all SVE parts and 10% on everything else so I pulled the trigger on a new SVE aluminum radiator. $165 free shipping. Can't beat that.

hotmustang95 · Nov 25, 2016

Rad came in today. Looks good. It will be put to the test.

ReplicaR · Nov 25, 2016

[MENTION=19482]B.mad[/MENTION] has some wonderful experience with SVE radiator. He'll tell you all about it.

hotmustang95 · Nov 25, 2016

ReplicaR said:
B.mad has some wonderful experience with SVE radiator. He'll tell you all about it.

Oh boy lol

ReplicaR · Nov 25, 2016

I went through the whole cheap radiator experiment, and it never worked out for me for some reason. I even had an expensive locally built radiator, which had a small core. At the end I went with Ron Davis radiator and during recent tests, it performed superbly. The highest temp I saw during the test was 205 degrees. Granted, it was during cold weather (I think ambient air was 60-70 degrees), but it was on a very slow track. As soon as I found myself going over 60 mph, I would actually see the temps drop. My previous radiator was insufficient even in the similar conditions. I would find myself doing cool down laps half way through the session, with temps reaching as far as 240 degrees, before I had to back out of it.

Part of the reason why the radiator works so well is because of it's sheer size. This thing is massive, pushing boundaries in every direction. The other part is due to the core design, where it has more fins per inch than most radiators out there. My previous radiator had 14 fins per inch, where as Ron Davis radiator core has 18. It may not seem like much, but in percentages, it's about 25% more cooling capacity, and it's more evident at high speed tracks.

hotmustang95 · Nov 25, 2016

I ran a Fluidyn for about 5 years with great results until it sprung a leak. I replaced it with a stock rad which Ive been using for the past year. My rad is boxed in and i have a GT500 hood vent to help. Its done a decent job of cooling but I wanted an aluminum unit like I once had. We'll see how it last.

ReplicaR · Nov 25, 2016

I've had a Fluidyne, but unfortunately had to get rid of it for the same issue. Mine started to leak. I would say that it still ran hotter with Fluidyne than it did with the Ron Davis radiator. I'm also VERY surprised that a stock radiator (even boxed in and vented) does a decent job for you, considering that you live in hot humid hell.

wmfateam · Nov 26, 2016

Arizona summer racer here with a Second Generation Mishimoto. I run a radiator lower scoop, boxed sides and top. I have also removed the fan from behind the radiator. The lower radiator scoop was by far my best engine mod. Also adds front down force.

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g36 monkey · Nov 26, 2016

Interested to see how it goes!

1998cobrasvt · Nov 27, 2016

hotmustang95 said:

This picture though

B.mad · Nov 28, 2016

The radiator is ok at best. It does its job. Had mine for a little under a year, and it sprung a leak. Right side, near the tanks. Emailed LMR and talked to the representative, who asked for photos, and i provided them photos. They asked for photos that show the leak (which is impossible if its single frame photo), told them so, and they said ok thats fine, we can change it for this time. After speaking with the rep, i chose to pay for a new unit, received it, destroy the original one, and get a refund. Did so, sent photos, i get a refund for $145, which is what i paid for the original one on a black friday sale. Confused, because i understood that i would get refunded for the $220 i paid for the exchange. Turns out, thats how not it works. If you got it on sale, and warranty it, you pay the difference. I was PO, and the rep was trying his hardest, but the managers didnt care. And their warranty online does not state that you need to pay for the difference. But they "met me half way" and gave me half of the difference. So, good luck. When i build my motor, i am going for the Ron Davis unit. Those are so much better and nicer.

hotmustang95 · Dec 5, 2016

Got the new radiator in today. Not much to see. Just a pic of my current fan mounted to it.

ReplicaR · Dec 6, 2016

Either that's a really tiny radiator, or a very large fan.

evilcw311 · Dec 6, 2016

B.mad said:
The radiator is ok at best. It does its job. Had mine for a little under a year, and it sprung a leak. Right side, near the tanks. Emailed LMR and talked to the representative, who asked for photos, and i provided them photos. They asked for photos that show the leak (which is impossible if its single frame photo), told them so, and they said ok thats fine, we can change it for this time. After speaking with the rep, i chose to pay for a new unit, received it, destroy the original one, and get a refund. Did so, sent photos, i get a refund for $145, which is what i paid for the original one on a black friday sale. Confused, because i understood that i would get refunded for the $220 i paid for the exchange. Turns out, thats how not it works. If you got it on sale, and warranty it, you pay the difference. I was PO, and the rep was trying his hardest, but the managers didnt care. And their warranty online does not state that you need to pay for the difference. But they "met me half way" and gave me half of the difference. So, good luck. When i build my motor, i am going for the Ron Davis unit. Those are so much better and nicer.

This is why I love my mishimoto. First one was their original design and sprung a leak, paid for shipping and they sent my new one(latest design) no questions asked and they told me to junk my old one. Second lasted 3 years wi h no issue till I tore my car apart and I busted it. Same thing tho, I pay shipping and they will send me a new one.

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B.mad · Dec 6, 2016

evilcw311 said:
This is why I love my mishimoto. First one was their original design and sprung a leak, paid for shipping and they sent my new one(latest design) no questions asked and they told me to junk my old one. Second lasted 3 years wi h no issue till I tore my car apart and I busted it. Same thing tho, I pay shipping and they will send me a new one.

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should have gotten that one instead. I think its so effin stupid that they made me pay the difference. I wouldnt mind paying for shipping, but whatever. it is what it is.

hotmustang95 · Dec 6, 2016

ReplicaR said:
Either that's a really tiny radiator, or a very large fan.

Lol bigass fan. It's from a new edge. Don't know what year. Very cheap at the junk yard. Plus it's plug and play being it has the same connector. I just cut all the extra plastic off the sides.