I have a question? does it have the bleeder valve on top, like the stock rad?
Yes,
also, the point where the air escapes (the tip of the blue fitting) is far below the highest point of the radiator, so it is not effective in letting all the air out of the radiator...
There's a perfectly good hole in the frunk for bleeding the radiator. I don't like the strange bleeder arrangement at all. I was hoping that they had changed that to the stock location. A real shame.
I really don't think it's quite that bad. Unless someone tells me there's absolutely no benefit at all to having a clean, new aluminum radiator over refurbishing the 27 yr old OE one which has already been dipped at least twice. This is minor. I'll call them up and see what tech tip they might have to offer. Widening the hole and using this version of the bleed screw would be an improvement.
to change my rad to this one.
So, I have a plan to travel to Denver area this June may be, so at the time I will pick it up at hotel Boulderado in Boulder. It's worth or cheaper than Japanese one, $1875. Is this still available?
How do you think?
http://fkrx19.web.fc2.com/originalparts.html
N.AMADA
JAPAN
Wish I could translate that site.
Try this...
Well I got it bled and running nice and cool. Got the fans to come on as well after idling for almost a half an hour. "Light" cruising around and it fluctuates between 190 and a tick below. No leaks, it runs, no errors, no parts leftover...happy camper.