Ford Racings Radiator is Crap!!!

marine_2003 · May 10, 2007

Ford Racings Radiator is Crap!!! Added Pic

I bought the Ford Racing Radiator M-8005-C I havent had it for a year yet and it has a damn hole in it. And they dont offer a warrenty on it. So now i need to get this one fixed and/or get another one.

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TomCat · May 10, 2007

That sucks. Mine is an oversized one from Performance Radiator, a local radiator place... never had issues. Gay that they don't offer a warranty...

Flavadave4 · May 10, 2007

No warrenty means they know they built a piece of garbage......thats too bad to hear though

Foxfan88 · May 10, 2007

where is the hole? i am sure a hole just didnt appear, SOMETHING had to put it there seeing how for the last year it didnt have a hole.

RYC CUKR · May 10, 2007

Flavadave4 said:
No warrenty means they know they built a piece of garbage......thats too bad to hear though

FRPP doesn't warranty any of their products since the are the "racing" parts division. Regular old Motorcraft stuff is warrantied but not the FRPP stuff.

That does suck about the radiator though. I have one from Northern Radiator. Nice full aluminum, all welded and a straight drop in. Even has the slots in the bottom lip for the fan shroud brackets.

86bluecobra · May 10, 2007

I have had my FRPP Rad for 6 years now and no issues with it. My engine runs cool. I have an issue with my black magic fan but thats a different story. I would not agree that the rads are crap. Where is the hole?

Flavadave4 · May 10, 2007

I would see if somebody can weld the hole up.....can't be that bad?

Fett · May 10, 2007

RYC CUKR said:
FRPP doesn't warranty any of their products since the are the "racing" parts division. Regular old Motorcraft stuff is warrantied but not the FRPP stuff.

That does suck about the radiator though. I have one from Northern Radiator. Nice full aluminum, all welded and a straight drop in. Even has the slots in the bottom lip for the fan shroud brackets.

That always cracked me up....seeing as how most of the Ford Racing stuff is just repackaged parts that come with a warranty from the original manufacturer. The Ford Racing cap and rotor set and water pump...both Motorcraft items. They don't even repackage those, they just slap a Ford Racing sticker over the Motorcraft sticker. Pretty much everything Ford Racing sells is made by someone else, and if you were to buy it from the original manufacturer you would get a warranty and they would be cheaper. Thus, why I have NO Ford Racing parts on my car....and I work for a Ford Racing dealer.

marine_2003 · May 11, 2007

Foxfan88 said:
where is the hole? i am sure a hole just didnt appear, SOMETHING had to put it there seeing how for the last year it didnt have a hole.

The hole is in the middle of the radiator, I will get pictures and post them up today.

monte87 · May 11, 2007

DOnt feel to bad, oh and by the way-Welcome to my world, I have my 2nd FLUIDYNE that has a leak.
I'll give you some good advice-Definitely replace the lower rubber "INULATORS" when you replace the rad. They are $20 fom laurel Mustang, just some added insurance, esepcially after hearing the damper the rad from any severe potholes and crap, the original ones are most likely ancient being our cars are older.
I have to send my Fluidyne out to get repaired, until then-I just bought a Go dan 3 core copper brass GDI 433138 off rockauto for $151 time being.

Good luck-Ant

marine_2003 · May 11, 2007

monte87 said:
DOnt feel to bad, oh and by the way-Welcome to my world, I have my 2nd FLUIDYNE that has a leak.
I'll give you some good advice-Definitely replace the lower rubber "INULATORS" when you replace the rad. They are $20 fom laurel Mustang, just some added insurance, esepcially after hearing the damper the rad from any severe potholes and crap, the original ones are most likely ancient being our cars are older.
I have to send my Fluidyne out to get repaired, until then-I just bought a Go dan 3 core copper brass GDI 433138 off rockauto for $151 time being.

Good luck-Ant

Do you have a part number on the insulators? I cannot find them on the website.
Thanks

vristang · May 11, 2007

The lack of warranty is due to the 'intended use' of the parts. A 'Racing' part is assumed to suffer greater abuse than the same part on a street car.
How do you estimate the life of a part, when you don't know how severe the service life will be?

Out of curiousity...
What was your coolant mix for the last year?
tap/well water?

jason

marine_2003 · May 11, 2007

vristang said:
The lack of warranty is due to the 'intended use' of the parts. A 'Racing' part is assumed to suffer greater abuse than the same part on a street car.
How do you estimate the life of a part, when you don't know how severe the service life will be?

Out of curiousity...
What was your coolant mix for the last year?
tap/well water?

jason

I used the Prestone 50/50 coolant mix. I had bought the same radiator for my 85 which was a street/strip car ran straight water and it lasted the life of the car, 3 years i had it and then i sold it, and it is still running.

monte87 · May 11, 2007

marine_2003 said:
Do you have a part number on the insulators? I cannot find them on the website.
Thanks

hey man-

i called 5.0 resto and they were out, then CJ Pony parts and they were out, and then finally laurel Mustangs-and they had them, but they are not listed on the website. They are Scott Drake rubber parts. Just call and ask them for the upper/lower radiator INSULATOR kit its $19.95. as a mtter of fact-just slapped them on and tonight-putting my new rad in-Im done with theis rad crap man!

Later Ant

marine_2003 · May 11, 2007

monte87 said:
hey man-

i called 5.0 resto and they were out, then CJ Pony parts and they were out, and then finally laurel Mustangs-and they had them, but they are not listed on the website. They are Scott Drake rubber parts. Just call and ask them for the upper/lower radiator INSULATOR kit its $19.95. as a mtter of fact-just slapped them on and tonight-putting my new rad in-Im done with theis rad crap man!

Later Ant

Thanks for the info.

bstrd86 · May 11, 2007

You might try running a radiator cap with a sacrificial anode, that way the anode corrodes and not your radiator.

marine_2003 · May 11, 2007

bstrd86 said:
You might try running a radiator cap with a sacrificial anode, that way the anode corrodes and not your radiator.

Never heard of those, where can i get one?

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