81 replies to this topic

[ukcooper]

Wow two comfirmed fails out of how many been sold, mine's still alive after 3 years a -15c winter and 5 engines and for 60 quid who cares about welds.

Mate had a uk alloy built rad with nice welds and shinney lasted 2 weeks befrore it spilt, he asked for them to look at it see what they thought and they dident want know full stop, wast of 200 quid.

[Sleepy Stu]

Well enough people are using them without issue so its really up to personal preference now.

If you want nice welds pay £200

If you dont care how it looks pay £55

Both appear to do the job they were intended to do!

Edited by Sleepy Stu, 17 July 2012 - 05:25 PM.

[Tamworthbay]

get a radtec one . much nicer last longer . looks better and always will

I have had both chinese and Radtec back to back to test and apart from the Radtec looking a bit prettier, the Chinese one is just as well made in my opinion. I had both pressure tested by a friend who worked at Lola and they were both more than up to the job. The one big difference (and it pains me to say this as I buy British wherever I can) was customer service. The Chinese supplier responded to emails promptly and was incredibly helpful. It was delivered well packed as promised. By comparison I found Radtec service poor. I had a couple of questions which they promised to get back to me about and never did. I phoned again and same thing happened so I gave up. I bought a Radtec second hand but wouldn't pay the price for one new. This is just my experiences but when I buy one for our work project it will be coming from China.

[kaise7]

those welds look fine, no undercut or porosity, no spatter or ugly stop starts, why would you want to grind them ?

[minitman]

Hi there, sorry it has taken so long but here are a couple of comparison pictures for a chinese rad against that lovely Radtec one. As you can see my motor is for driving and not in showroom condition so the welds do not bother me. Happy hunting.
Minitman

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[minitman]

sorry I forgot the second picture. Technoprat!

Edited by minitman, 29 June 2012 - 09:06 AM.

[kez_19]

Well look what came today i cant say that i think the welds are bad in any way i think they look fine and at £55 delivered to my door in sweden i am not going to moan either

[Klevdo2202]

I've had one for over a year now and nothing has gone wrong, nothing wrong with them at all!

They delivered it from China quicker than I've received items from UK!

[Nick '91]

Mine arrived after a week, appears the postman took a disliking to it though.

[firstforward]

Do my eyes deceive me but in the 5th pic down it looks bent or something is out?

[Nick '91]

Yeah, little dent/dig however its on the underside. Bit annoyed but if it works im not that fussed.

[new_zealand _minis]

i had one split in 1 month . of not even every day use

thats why i went for a rad tec one ..

if you want crap parts thats up to you .. i was going for quility . many more people on here would do the same .

for a daily driver that does not matter . then maby .

as for the welds .... well you get what you pay for....

Edited by new_zealand _minis, 17 July 2012 - 07:26 PM.

[Tamworthbay]

i had one split in 1 month . of not even every day use

thats why i went for a rad tec one ..

if you want crap parts thats up to you .. i was going for quility . many more people on here would do the same .

for a daily driver that does not matter . then maby .

as for the welds .... well you get what you pay for....

Really? The rad tec one I have is not much better and both easily passed pressure test, only difference I have found is that rad tecs customer service was poor when I contacted them but the Chinese were brilliant, sad, but true..

[Darkscamp]

I have the exact one in the link and in the pictures above.......well i've bought 3 now for different minis. The one in my scamp is at least 3yrs old and still going strong.

Its taking alot more punishment then the super2core i had before and it cools the scamp quite nicely........dont have to even put the heater on in hot weather while in traffic

The only issue i have had is that i've had to shorten the bottom hose so it clamps nicely onto the bottom of the rad due to the way they have welded two pipe together to make the angle, instead of just angling one pipe. Makes it easier to remove though when doing engine bay work

[klivins]

take a look on what I just got shipped.
waiting what a response to my complaint will be!
https://www.dropbox....0eig/k4egGQnyJ5