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Old Mar 26, 2013 | 04:10 PM
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Does anyone have experience with Engineered Cooling Products? Looking to install a new radiator and from what I can tell theirs seem to be OK.

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Old Mar 26, 2013 | 08:38 PM
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Are those the ebay ones?


I bought one and it was a major disappointment. I ended up with a DeWitts.
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Old Mar 26, 2013 | 09:46 PM
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You get what you pay for. And it can be a 5 core radiator but if its poor quality it won't be any better than stock.
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 01:10 AM
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I have one and have has zero issues with it... Great product and Great price
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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 05:41 PM
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I have the DeWitts with the fan kit.

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Old Mar 29, 2013 | 08:52 AM
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I just bought one but I also bought a Dewitt's fan setup. I will let you know if I ever get time to put my car back together.
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Old Mar 29, 2013 | 02:17 PM
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Get either a Dewitts or an RSD radiator. Don't take chances
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Old Mar 29, 2013 | 08:37 PM
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Its a radiator how hard could it be to make?
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Old Mar 29, 2013 | 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by turbo-civic-si
Its a radiator how hard could it be to make?
Really?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1luDv...ature=youtu.be
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Old Mar 29, 2013 | 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Tom DeWitt
the only way to go with these car with all the other money a person has in it... Robert
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Old Apr 1, 2013 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Arnie Chamberlain
Are those the ebay ones?


I bought one and it was a major disappointment. I ended up with a DeWitts.
If you dont mind me asking what was wrong with it. Because the feedback that other people have provided said the service sucks but the product worked good.
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I put an ECP Radiator in last spring and it's a great radiator, built well and have had 0 issues with it. Temps dropped about 15-20 degrees!

The way I look at it, I can buy 3 of them for 1 of the "other ones"

$600 for a radiator should be illegal

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Old Apr 1, 2013 | 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by robert miller
the only way to go with these car with all the other money a person has in it... Robert

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Stock FTW and just get the Dewitts SPAL fans...
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Originally Posted by Vince99FRC
Stock FTW and just get the Dewitts SPAL fans...
Aren't you the one always complaining about your car running too hot?
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Wow....you guys are too funny. You spend all this money on modding your cars beyond being drivable and then risk it all to save a couple hundred bucks.
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Originally Posted by longrodlx
Wow....you guys are too funny. You spend all this money on modding your cars beyond being drivable and then risk it all to save a couple hundred bucks.
I am trying to figure out why its funny,when one has a high dollar radiator(wont mention any names) and does nothing to improve the temps then the factory one, and then changes to a let just say an ECP and your temps go down considerably and stay there Permanently , i don't see nothing funny about that just being smart about your build and your money.
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I am trying to figure out why its funny,when one has a high dollar radiator(wont mention any names) and does nothing to improve the temps then the factory one, and then changes to a let just say an ECP and your temps go down considerably and stay there Permanently , i don't see nothing funny about that just being smart about your build and your money.
Bingo!

Glad there are a few that see my point!
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You're telling me that the Dewitt's and rsd radiators do nothing for cooling but the cheapo eBay ones do. And just how long til something goes wrong with the cheap radiator? I'm sorry but an extra $200 is cheap insurance in a $10k engine build
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 06:05 AM
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Most ebay are cheap, and most big name items are way over price, some times when one gets real big they forget the quality when there's dollars sighs glowing in there eyes then they become like everybody else.
these days one has to shop around and get there moneys worth, thee years running with the ecp cooling 800 hp and not a problem.
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