How hard is it to do myself? I dont want to pay alot to have it done. Are there any web sites that explain it in detail?

 

its not terrible but you do have take alot of stuff out to get to the radiator............... expect quite a few hours...

 

you need to remove the air box, the intercooler and duct, and then its right there. its an easy saturday morning. make sure you bleed the air out of the cooling system



mike

 

doesn't the cooling system bleed itslef? is that what that overflow bottle is for?

 

yah kinda, but it wont work if theres a lot of air in there



mike

 

I had ordered an intake, and SMIC, then in an unusual moment of forethought, I realized that there's NO better time to replace the radiator. My Fluidyne radiator arrived today



Cheers,

 

Its a nice radiator, and i dont drive my car hard, i rarely race but im in stop and go traffic lots, sooo i need the extra cooling.



:bigthumg:

 

Mazda suggests taking it out through the bottom of the car, which is what I did. Wasn't bad at all; time consuming if anything. Good luck.



Kyle

 

It takes longer but I come at it from the top AND the bottom. It makes it a lot easier to get the radiator in there without damaging the the fins.

 

We did this on 2 cars over the summer and although on a mostly stock car its more of a pain in the *** to do, its really not that hard. Even better if youre replacing air box and ic. We did it from the top and the only problem we ran into was while putting everything back together. Apparently, no matter how many claims the manufacturer makes about fitment, it rarely ends up being a perfect fit(we used Koyos, which are slightly thicker than fluidyne). The ic and battery did not sit flush anymore and a few screws did not align....might be different with the smaller rad though.

Might be a good idea to replace your thermostat at the same time since you have to drain the coolant anyways. That and either delete or upgrade to a better ast tank if you still have the stock ast....just a thougth.