what rad hoses did you use (top and bottom)

originally, on my swap just some random's were used, but the upper actually rested on the intake, so now im going to change over to universal flex hose for both top and bottom,

which leads me to my question is where anyone here found the best place to get it from, i mean im sure local parts stores carry it, but which ones in particular did you guys find it at, all i saw was the braided shit at checker.

www.coolflex.com i saw some there, but thats spendy..

hey

i used my stock bottom one outta of my eg and then we made custom upper out of steel braided!

ek uses gsr hoses if im not mistaken, the lower one needs to be shortened

Napa has flexible stuff you can use. Its bendy.. :lol:

ohh yeah

ohh yeh didi mention the radiator is on the normal side mowhoohahahh!

k20spooner said:

ek uses gsr hoses if im not mistaken, the lower one needs to be shortened

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gsr hoses CAN be used but like i said before they rub/rest on the intake in most cases and thats not preferable to alot of people.. its much easier to get one you can bend to your own needs

what radiator are you all using. I know the the civic dx,lx,etc and 99 si radiators have a difference. have you had any cooling issues with the regular civic radiators? What about the fan did you have to buy a slim fan and mount it in front of the radiator?

im using a halfcore fluidyne with a shit ass slim fan from autozone.. only time it gets hot is after about 40mins of straight track time.. and even then i just kick the heater on and its fine.. and thats figured with az heat as well 8)

vuaccordla said:

what radiator are you all using. I know the the civic dx,lx,etc and 99 si radiators have a difference. have you had any cooling issues with the regular civic radiators? What about the fan did you have to buy a slim fan and mount it in front of the radiator?

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I'm using an RSX radiator.
Use to have a DC2 radiator in my EG, and suprisingly, the RSX rad is a direct replacement =). Uses the same mounting points and everything..its suuuupeer!

katman said:

vuaccordla said:

what radiator are you all using. I know the the civic dx,lx,etc and 99 si radiators have a difference. have you had any cooling issues with the regular civic radiators? What about the fan did you have to buy a slim fan and mount it in front of the radiator?

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I'm using an RSX radiator.
Use to have a DC2 radiator in my EG, and suprisingly, the RSX rad is a direct replacement =). Uses the same mounting points and everything..its suuuupeer!

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same hea! used dc5 rad and ep3 upper/lower rad hoses...works like oem!!!

^ that was my temp radiator untill my brand new dc5 rad came in..i now have the dc5 rad on it... didnt like the opening on the pass side..plus the dc5 rad looks more oem....