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i hit a racooon and it ***ked up my car so i had to get new radiator,fans and repaint my bumper cause i hit it at 85 mph but when i got the new radiator it was only a one coil or whatever instead of five like the original stock radiator so it was thinner and i dont know if it gave me less horse power or not but i think it might have what do you guys think?

I don't think it will hurt your horsepower. It may mess with the temperature of your engine which in turn could affect the horsepower SLIGHTLY, but not that much!!!

Why don't you take it back to the place that did the work and ask for them to put in the PROPER equipment if the radiator they put in was wrong?????

I think they gave you the non SVT Radiator. With the water pump issue that you guys run into I wouldn't except anything but the SVT radiator.

I'm curious - how wide are the SVT and non-SVT radiators?

maybe you should have measured your brian when it was out?


lol

how wide is the non-SVT radiator?

1" less than the SVT raditor.

SVT Rad. is 15mm wider than the std. rad. About double the size so the stock is about 15mm and SVT is around 30mm.

well when i was on the phone with the radiator shop i told them my motor and the car and everything and he said it was this one it was a new design cause it is a new style and keeps it cooler or whatever so i was like ok whatever