Hello mitsubishi heads!! I just got in the mail today my mishimoto radiator plumbing kit. i was wondering if i should now go out and buy some different hose clamps or just use the OEM ones that are on the old rubber pipes. Also, can this all be done without ripping the whole front end of the car apart. THank you!

 

Should just be drain it, remove the hoses, remove the clips onlding it on up top, and then the little fan things or whatever can just stay connected on the way out, aye?

Tell us if the heat changes drastically from before to after at idle with the A/C on...I'm thinking about getting one myself.

 

will do, where can i locate the drain plug and how much do i need to refill it?

 

This guide is way more exact than I will ever be, lol...

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...r-install.html

 

it can be done without removing the front end for sure.

but if you do feel like pulling the front atleast it only takes a about 5 minutes to remove everything.

 

now i am having trouble locating the passenger side lower hose, is it under plastics or am i just blind?

 

it's literally in the exact same spot as the new one's lower hose is going to be. If you can see that corner, you'll see the hose.

 

i still am having trouble finding the drain plug... any pointers??

 

Just pull the lower hose off the rad and be ready with a big **** bucket to catch the coolant that will DUMP out of both the rad and the hose.

 

Use the oem clamps

 

Okay i installed all the pipes, but now i lost 5 psi of boost, im assuming that i most likely knocked a vaccume line off but if thats not the case,,,, Then what??

 

Intercooler coupler is loose/leaking.

 

That happened when the IC was first installed and it made a loud whining noise but it still got the boost

 

Only possible explanation is a loose vacuum or intercooler pipe, unless you changed something else. Intercooler pipe is most likely. Running rich or anything?

 

it has not been running rich, and if the IC coupler was loose wouldnt it be making a sound, that happened to me when i first got the IC pipes, one wasnt tight enough and it sounded like a really loud whiney vaccume cleaner