Starlet radiator cooling capacity

**ra65** · 22-12-2006, 07:12 PM

I just put a starlet radiator in my corolla because it was pretty new looking and there were no 4ac ones to be found anywhere on a friday afternoon.

Will the cooling capacity of it be any worse than an old fairly rooted 4ac radiator? Its about the same surface area but the tanks look slightly smaller.

**ra65** · 23-12-2006, 04:13 PM

For anyone that cares it runs cooler around town and at 110.

**bobob** · 23-12-2006, 05:46 PM

As long as it has a similar area and thickness it should cool fairly similarly I would think.

110 sounds warm although I guess it depends on where you measure it from.

Just after the water leaves my 4ag it is around 86 around town? Maybe the 4ac is supposed to be different... I have never seen my water above 95/97.

Anyway least you have found a solution.

**ra65** · 23-12-2006, 07:33 PM

110km/h - sits on halfway, with the old radiator it was in between halfway and hot.

**love ke70** · 25-12-2006, 12:27 AM

lolz, 110, thats a good temp

**Mos** · 25-12-2006, 11:25 AM

Cooling systems are rarely used at or near capacity.
An old, large (and partially blocked) radiator will be a lot worse than a brand new, smaller radiator. If the surface area is roughly the same, and it's new, you shouldn't have any problems.

Mos.