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Definitely wanna upgrade my radiator. I don’t like the plastic ends at all. Just dunno which is suitable for a daily that occasionally hits the canyons. A triple pass seems too aggressive for winter. Dunno about a dual pass either.
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Definitely wanna upgrade my radiator. I don’t like the plastic ends at all. Just dunno which is suitable for a daily that occasionally hits the canyons. A triple pass seems too aggressive for winter. Dunno about a dual pass either.
Been eyeing one too, are the CSF ones really worth 2x the price of KoyoRad?
 

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Been eyeing one too, are the CSF ones really worth 2x the price of KoyoRad?
I heard the csf frontal area is extremely superior in how it can shed heat from the liquid vs mishimoto and others. Dunno about koyo. Also heard the pwr frontal area is definitely the best but I’ll never buy shit from those people ever again

I’ve no experience with any of that tho. It’s just what I’ve heard. Sorry bro
 

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Oh U know what? Maybe it’s like the stock intercooler? Where anything is an upgrade vs the stock intercooler. Maybe it’s the same with the stock radiator?
 
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From what I read, the CSF has triple pass vs koyo's double pass of coolant. so it stays in the core longer, but we're talking a 3~5% difference at 60% price difference.
 

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From what I read, the CSF has triple pass vs koyo's double pass of coolant. so it stays in the core longer, but we're talking a 3~5% difference at 60% price difference.
The problem with the triple pass is if you daily in an area that sees winter temps man

you’d want to go into Hondata every winter and ramp the fan speeds down at every tier up till maybe 200 degrees

then the dual pass. Some cars are good with it in winter. Some aren’t. I’ve no idea if the fl5 and de5 are ok with a dual pass in winter.
 
 





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