Aussie Desert Coolers Radiator

Post by **maccapacca** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:48 am

Hey, has anyone fitted a Aussie Desert Coolers Aluminium Radiator to their GU. If so what fan did you use as the factory fan is bloody close. I am running twin factory thermos in front of condensor and still gets hot. Runs cooler with factory fan fitted but don't like how close it is. Does anyone know if GQ fan might sit back a little more giving more space cause would still like to use viscous hub. Otherwise might have to use flex fan. Any help much appreciated.

Post by **bogged** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:17 am

maccapacca wrote:Hey, has anyone fitted a Aussie Desert Coolers Aluminium Radiator to their GU. If so what fan did you use as the factory fan is bloody close. I am running twin factory thermos in front of condensor and still gets hot. Runs cooler with factory fan fitted but don't like how close it is.

search is your friend.
recent thread explaining damage to rad's caused etc.

Post by **CanberraMav** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:48 am

Im surprised the rasiator bolted in at all.

In my experience with them i had to sent the radiator back 3 times and then gave up. The holes where inches off lining up each time. I even measured it all up and sent the diagram.

They are useless.

The fans that they fit are complete garbage as well. If you want thermos (not that i think they are up to the task) try SPAL fans.

Post by **GUtripper** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:57 pm

Sorry to Hijack, but i have heard some good and not good stories about Aussie desert Coolers.

OK then, are the PWR radiators any better?

Post by **roverbeau** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:50 pm

i got a radiator built by aussie desert coolers bout 2 weeks ago for my rangie. i took i my original and asked for it to be the same but with brackets on the front to mount the auto cooler and the top spout straight. picked it up and didnt have the brackets or the plug in the top of the radiator to fill it up. not very good when i gave them 1 to copy. also the thermos wouldnt fit so i had to take it to get the brand new radiator modified to how they were ment to build it.

wasnt very happy with them

Post by **dano80** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:45 pm

Hey, I've heard some horror stories with PWR also, not having bracketry in the right place, fittings around the wrong way, etc. I thought that the better of the 2 was Aussie, which pisses me off, 'cause I live close to PWR!

Cheers, Dano

Post by **pongo** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:49 pm

maccapacca wrote:Hey, has anyone fitted a Aussie Desert Coolers Aluminium Radiator to their GU. If so what fan did you use as the factory fan is bloody close. I am running twin factory thermos in front of condensor and still gets hot. Runs cooler with factory fan fitted but don't like how close it is. Does anyone know if GQ fan might sit back a little more giving more space cause would still like to use viscous hub. Otherwise might have to use flex fan. Any help much appreciated.

Do you mean the high performance flex fans. Perhaps you need to google them to find out somemore info. complete crap

Post by **bogged** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:42 pm

dano80 wrote:Hey, I've heard some horror stories with PWR also, not having bracketry in the right place, fittings around the wrong way, etc. I thought that the better of the 2 was Aussie, which pisses me off, 'cause I live close to PWR!

Cheers, Dano

I think you would have more chance of gettin good goods, if you walked in there and said you lived 5ks up the road, than sending an email or calling them...

Post by **gorilla** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:54 pm

dano80 wrote:Hey, I've heard some horror stories with PWR also, not having bracketry in the right place, fittings around the wrong way, etc. I thought that the better of the 2 was Aussie, which pisses me off, 'cause I live close to PWR!

Cheers, Dano

Was watching rides today, was about drifting and the first US car in a D1 event. Was a Holden Monaro built from the ground up.

Which included a PWR a radiator. The radiator wouldn't fit in the standard mounting brackets and the vehicle had to be modified to make it fit!

Post by **UNJUST** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:49 pm

Just to throw my 2 cents worth in, ive had nothing but trouble with Aussie, same deal, lack of brakets, Radiator cap in wrong place, i to sent my back 3 times, it may not have been for a gu. But same problems

Post by **CanberraMav** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:16 pm

Mine wasnt for a GU either but be warned.

Aussie are friggin useless

Post by **hiy6o** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:24 pm

I have fitted quite a few PWR to patrols , always seemed pretty good fit .
Fan shroud mounts don't always line up but can be easily adapted. Maybe it's getting the right part ordered , there are a few different patrol radiators . Drew at PWR is great to deal with .

Post by **GUJohnno** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 5:57 pm

I have an Aussie Desert Cooler and it fitted up fine and has been great.
Only negative comment I'd make is the top brackets could have been made stronger, but then it's not like they are holding the rad up

Post by **chunderlicious** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:37 pm

my radiator guy told me to stay away from PWR... i thn mentioned ADC and he laughed and swore about how the guy had ruined a guys car from incorrectly sizing and building a rad for his car.

Post by **maccapacca** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:51 pm

Thanks guys for your input. Will not bore with details of transactions with certain manufacturers, but have had the chance to see PWR and ADC rads side by side and conclusion. If I had to go again I would go the go the PWR. The main reason being that you can use the standard shroud with the PWR but cannot with the ADC, you would need to macgyver one to fit to get full efficiency from the ADC radiator. The ADC is very competitively priced and for other vehicles other than the GU may be perfectly fine but they do take a bit of fitting and the tanks and core are thicker than the PWR. The standard fan ends up very close to top tank and core because of this. In a fourby under pressure in the bush this could be disaster. I did not get to see a PWR in the vehicle to see how close they are to the fan however. I have found another adrad 4 core to suit the GU p/n NIS 8038TCM2, has anyone had any experience with these. Cheers

Post by **GUJohnno** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:44 pm

GUJohnno wrote:I have an Aussie Desert Cooler and it fitted up fine and has been great.
Only negative comment I'd make is the top brackets could have been made stronger, but then it's not like they are holding the rad up

UPDATE

1 year on - I wouldn't use or recomend them anymore.
The welds are terrible and they haven't held up at all. I have it off at the moment getting it all re-welded up as it was leaking from where the end tanks were welded on.
One positive note; they did offer to fix it if I got it back to them. I have chosen not to send it too them as I have no faith in their quality and would rather pay extra and have the peice of mind that it has been done correctly.

Post by **hiluxmad** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:02 pm

ADC and PWR are out is there anyone that can make a decent alloy rad at a good price prefer in melb as i like to pay cash and see who i am dealing with.

Post by **SLASH** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:03 pm

Theres a mob on ebay called cars r us that sells alloy radiators for gq,s. Dont know if there the chinese ones though but the price is pretty good. Loz

Post by **hiluxmad** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:19 pm

sorry my post was a bit of a hijack i need a custom one.
v8 in hilux

Post by **GQuick** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:02 pm

Race Radiators make some nice radiators etc ...worth looking up

Post by **TUFFMQ** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:55 pm

I put a asi performance 1 from eBay was so happy how it fitted everything went togethere better than standard an only cost 420 delevered, my bro in law ,went from 90 every day with a 3 core copper to 79 with the same as mine a 50mm alloy that's even on a long pullboth happy with how they have been and they look shmicko

Post by **GUJohnno** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 11:20 pm

I can only advise on where not to go.

Apparently Race Radiators do some nice stuff but I haven't used them personally.

Remember that the alloy radiators are harder and cost more to repair. Maybe an issue for those that do some outback travel.

Post by **Quadcamshorty** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:50 am

We used to use Race Radiators in our race cars.

Never saw or heard 1 bad thing about them.

Really good company - sources quality cores from the states.

cheers.

Post by **MICK77** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:53 pm

I need a new radiator for my tb42 shorty.

I was looking at the ADC brass/copper unit.
Does anyone have recent experience with these?
Are they still having problems with mounts lining up etc.

Cheers,

Micko

Post by **missinnissin** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:08 pm

try berwick radiators in enterprise avenue. he does a lot of hot rods and drag cars sorted out my old g60 v8 no worries

Post by **TURBOMQ** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:39 pm

race radiators i give the tumbs up, a few of my mates use them in there 4.2 litre petrol turbo patrols and very nice work

Post by **SLASH** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:54 am

There is a place in sydney, mascot called just alloy radiators, they also have a website http://www.alloyradiators.com.au/. Give them a try. I havnt had any experience with them but from what ive heard there work is good & reasonably priced. Cheers Loz.

Post by **ANDREWGQ 351** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:34 am

Ultimate radiators in berwick in enterprise avenue.
Great guy and very helpfull. Just repaired my tb42 rad and recored a xygt 351 one for me both done in less than 24 hrs at a good price.

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