Anyone ever try...Dirtbike Radiator?

the look like aluminum. will probably work great, but i recommend you only use koolance waterblocks and coolant to prevent corrosion.

unless you can confirm the tubes are brass, and just plated on the outside, and the endtanks are either brass or stainless steel.

Aluminum is bad. (assuming you'll not have an all aluminum loop) I am the parts manager for a motorcycle dealer and have seen all soets of rads and coolers. Some look cool, but 98% of them are aluminum.

its not *bad* if they are aluminum, it just means you're limited to koolance gear if you dont want corrosion.

ok whats the deal with all this aluminum and brass stuff..
My fridge has a aluminum rad and brass tubing and its not corroded.

My car has an aluminum rad and a brass CAP and it s not corroded.. did anyone here ever had a corroded system loop?
I'm wondering this because I'm reading a lot (maybe too much, lol ) and I see a lot people giving up one thing because its not brass or vice-versa.

anybody can clear things up a bit?

It also depends on what kind of coolant i'm going to use no?

my guess is it would take years to corrode a loop so it can't function anymore, if you flush once a year or i dunno.. maybe it doesn't matter.. it might help

This guy here tried a small car radiator, but oddly enough he didnt get all that great of results.

Those rads look pretty nice..those 2 in series would perform pretty nicely im betting..But yea if they are Alu you are pretty much limited to Koolance..not that its a bad thing.

no but that loos soo cool i want to use a high proformance car radator now

yup already took apart a lot of heads.. and yeah.. the walls do have a rust color... BUT.. a car actually runs a lot more than a PC would.
That's not the point though.. I was just wondering this because. I don't think you would corrode your system to such a point that you'll bust a leak.
And concerning the additives/coolant.. Why wouldn't we put that in our loops then?
Would it damage the pump? I don't think so, the materials in the pump should be able to tackle it.

I'm going to be building my H2o system within the month.. so I'll keep you guys updated.
Steel braided and all.. It should be pretty slick.

The absolute best coolant is distilled water. Adding anything, including coolant/additives, reduces the efficacy of the distilled water while removing the potential for corrosion. However, the reduction, in my experience, is minimal enough to legitimize using your aluminum dirt bike rads (considering they are free.)

Well thanks for all your help guys/girls..
What I think I'm going to do is actually keep these rads for my bike since they cost about 300$each.. lol and if I break one on my bike this summer.. I'm not going to want to take apart my loop. LOL
So I'll be going with a top-mounted triple rad for my system.
I'm gonna start another thread concerning the build and you people can take part on it and suggest some ideas,recommend some stuff and what not.

Thanks for your ideas and help.