I got a Koyorad and 0 issues with overheating with hard driving! Coolant stays at operating temp no matter what.
koyorad on my 400hp Focus and never had over heating issues.
I replaced my 2010 factory Calsonic with a Kyorad 2807, there were lots of favorable comments on thenewx forum. 18 months later, still going.
I had read about people having good luck with the Kyorad brand so that's what I bought.
On my Miata with the factory flawed OEM coolant routing, I run a Koyorad 36mm aluminum radiator with OEM fans and it keeps temps a bit cooler than stock.
I changed out the intake (noise maker but I love it) then everything that connects so the turbo inlet and bpv, charge pipe and a bigger tmic. A engine that can breath will be healthy.
This specific spot fails on almost every subaru radiator i have worked on.
If you are lucky KoyoRad still has their sale going, I just got an aluminum radiator from my 97 legacy for $180
The radiator you could go OEM or NVA, but Koyorad is proven solid also.
I went with a Koyorad, but for how much I’ve spent, I should have gone with a crossflow (either Supermiata or Flyin Miata). I also did a coolant reroute, which made me really regret not getting a crossflow
I needed to replace the entire radiator in the GTI to get a check engine light to go away.
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