🚘 Mishimoto MMRAD-MIA-99 Performance Aluminum Radiator for Mazda MX-5 Miata (1999-2005) Review

Good quality product, looks good and works well. NOTE: The core of this wheel is approximately 3 times thicker than an OEM turbo cooler, so do not trust the factory reps to fit a Mazdaspeed Miata (stock turbo and air conditioning). You MUST do some modifications and amazing work. ie: the fan shroud tabs need to be trimmed, you need to shave some sections of the fan shroud motor support legs to expose the intercooler tubes and/or lower radiator hose, and move the A/C condenser forward as much as

You can find this information elsewhere on the web but this cooler is not a direct replacement for the 2004-2005 Mazdaspeed Miata. What I ended up doing was: bending the AC condenser brackets, sawing off part of the condenser case, sawing off the fan cover, enlarging the hole on the left radiator bracket, cutting off the gasket/sleeve to mount the condenser and repositioning my flying Miata -Inlet on the throttle body. . What would have been 45 minutes of work on a direct landing turned out to…

TL;DR : Fan shroud needs modification to fit radiator, relatively painless installation with minor A/C relocation, Mishimoto radiator cap is crap 4/5 stars otherwise works fine, could be retrofitted in summer as outside temps rise Long version: I have in my '04 MSM installed a Mishimoto radiator after the stock radiator started leaking along the top seal.I chose the Koyo mainly because of my budget at the time and the need to get the car up and running asap.(Thanks Prime! ) The heatsink itself…