Mishimoto Performance Radiator Review

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Today I go over some of the results from the upgraded Mishimoto Performance Radiator. As many of you know I had the standard Mishimoto radiator for the 6.0 Powerstroke, and it did not perform well while towing. The main reason to have a 6.0 Powerstroke is for the amazing towing performance. So I called the guys up at Mishimoto and told them about my problem. They sent me out the Mishimoto 6.0 Powerstroke performance radiator for our 6.0 Powerstroke build. Their line of all aluminum radiators have been out for a long time now. They have gone through a few revisions. Now that we have the latest all aluminum radiator from Mishimoto lets get to the review! Mishimoto has a lot of great parts and so far this upgraded radiator is performing just like Mishimoto said it would. As long as the Performance radiator continues to cool better than the previous one we will be keeping it on the truck. I must say that Mishimoto stood by their product and made this right with me. They sent me the Mishimoto performance radiator for free. So check out Mishimoto, because they are why we are doing the Mishimoto performance radiator review for out 6.0 powerstroke!! Lets see how this all aluminum radiator stacks up against the cheaper all aluminum radiator from Mishimoto! The stock 6.0 powerstroke radiator actually performs great. Now that we have our 6.0 powerstroke radiator upgrade lets see if we can't get just a little more performance out of it.

[@six0bros]

If you want to see a comparison to the old style radiator check out this video here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oabJpneYmpqfeJo

[@Thatdudemario]

what is part # for performance radiator my unit just blew on one side of plastic tank.

[@six0bros]

Here is an affiliate link to the performance radiator. I will say there isn't much gained over factory although it looks nice amzn.to/3FMHjtl

[@josephcirelli9642]

I’m glad Mishimoto stood by their product! As you know, a company is only as good as the the “after sale” customer service. The preformance model is the upgrade I want to do. My oil & coolant temperature numbers at the engine operating temperature of about 400F runs the coolant @ 195F & oil @ 178F. Which I feel are good now. The coolant was flushed about 20K miles ago & I run Motorcraft Gold with a Mishimoto degas cap. Thanks for the update!

[@alwaysup2late]

Awesome video! Grille still looking mean on that thing 💪

[@six0bros]

I think it has become one of my favorite mods.

[@edwardpoff575]

Yeah I bought the same radiator and got the hoses too and wow what a great upgrade! A very wide choice for the money! Keep up the great work!

[@six0bros]

Thanks man I will

[@user-ux5hr8br9l]

Mishimoto leaks at 3000 miles charged me $100 for shipping me another potentially defective radiator. Good thing i like turning wrenches for free.

[@six0bros]

Mishimoto I dislike more and more as they have made it a bigger pain to use their alleged warranty. I feel they have made it more difficult so that people don't use it

[@forddiesel2344]

Your really good at spending your money wisely

[@six0bros]

I dont know about that lol. Unless your kidding lol.

[@forddiesel2344]

@@six0bros lol

[@patricklucero6547]

Man I did my mishimoto upgraded radiator a while back and I can tell you way better than the original. Well spent buck right there.

[@six0bros]

I got lucky they sent it out for free when I told them the other one wasn't cooling well enough.

[@patricklucero6547]

@@six0bros same thing happened to me brother I bought the cheaper version of mishimoto radiator and it started to leak like 3 weeks later and I called them and they sent me the better one.

[@six0bros]

I was definitely impressed with their customer service, and I have heard a lot of people say they have taken care of them. Well done mishimoto.

[@kaimikekahuna]

Awesome as I have the same and yes don't touch it after driving, it's on fire lol, keep up the build

[@six0bros]

Will do man!

[@jamesgazdag876]

sweet video brother

[@six0bros]

Thanks brother

[@six0bros]

How is the build going

[@luisluna1866]

I believe the "upgraded" one is the 7.3 the core is 2.2 thick and the 6.0 "performance" one is only 1.88 thick for about 80$ more🤯

[@six0bros]

I have a video where I measure the 2 cores side by side but I forget what they were

[@hookedondiesel8443]

Good job brother 👍🇺🇸👊

[@six0bros]

Thanks man

[@josephcirelli9642]

Have you or Josh done a “Blue Spring?” upgrade? I’m think about doing it when I do the injection replacement. Thanks!

[@six0bros]

We both have done it. I definitely recommend it.

[@johnnycortez5959]

Have you tried upgrading to a billet water pump with a 7.3 diesel fan clutch? That combo makes a huge difference

[@six0bros]

No I have not. I am running a gates water pump with a new stock fan clutch

[@kaimikekahuna]

I love my Mishimoto radiator on my 05 6.0 and have had it on from the beginning since it was rebuilt from the ground up last year. keep doing great things brother. k

[@six0bros]

Man sorry I missed this comment. The KZbin app doesn't give me every comment but I wanted to say thanks man

[@ubiased23]

Can someone educate about what is the point of this radiator? The standard radiator does the job and the engine doesn’t overheat. When you install the racing radiator does that mean you will have a better performance? Thanks and forgive my ignorance.

[@six0bros]

I have not noticed any performance gains from the mishimoto radiators. The cheaper one infact led me to have higher temps than I did with OEM.

[@2kshortgod554]

Does he still bust at the seems like the plastic radiators ? If so I’m buying it with there fans to match

[@six0bros]

It doesn't bust at the seems that I have seen yet. Make sure to get the right one. Not the cheap one as that won't cool very well at all

[@Ryansbbqnbrew]

How the radiator holding up? Trying to decide between OEM or mishimoto? $200 more for mishimoto at my shop.

[@six0bros]

It doesn't perform any better than an oem one so I would recommend saving the 200. Other wise it is fine, but I would recommend the oem. If you do go mishi make sure its the performance radiator as the cheaper one will actually be less efficient

[@garrisongroup5008]

Anyone know if I can use a Mishi 6.0 radiator from an 03 Excursion into a 01 F250 7.3 Superduty?

[@six0bros]

I dont think you can. You would probably have to do some level of modification to make it happen not sure what all would be involved to make it work

[@garrisongroup5008]

Yeah, I didn't think so either. The 6.0 Excursion rad seems to be way taller than the stock one..like 9" taller. Anyways thanks for the reply. Keep up the good work!

[@six0bros]

Thanks man

[@whysolong27]

Why is everyone seeing the high coolant temps my 6.0 coolant temps dont ever hit 200 . Highest I've seen is 198 and that's in the texas summer heat of 100+ degrees and speeds of 80mph. 194 and 196 are my average , Stock radiator and stock thermostat. Now my oil temps get to 215 to 220

[@six0bros]

Sounds like your oiler cooler could be clogged if your coolant is 196 and oil is 215-220

[@whysolong27]

@@six0bros yes it was. I have the BPD oil cooler relocation system. Tore the truck down this weekend and changed the radiator to the MM radiator , flushed the block and heater core and then reverse flushed the oil cooler. The trash that came out of the oil cooler was awful. Then did a four hour drive in 100+ Texas heat and oil didnt get over 205 but now my coolant did hit 202 with the new radiator. 200 was average for the coolant I didnt know they made two different versions of that radiator at the time.

[@six0bros]

I did a video comparing the 2. I did call mishimoto because they told me that the only difference would be in transmission temp and that wasn't my experience. So they sent the larger core out to me and it seemed to be comparable to stock.

[@six0bros]

Also woth the oil cooler working now I would expect the coolant to raise in temp slightly because now there is effective hear exchange from oil to coolant

[@whysolong27]

@@six0bros I'm wondering if i should call them and see if they would help me out. Because this one is a 1/4 inch thinner

[@n.cfreedomwhynot1335]

How did you get them to give you the Performance one? And how long did it that them to fix it?

[@six0bros]

When I called and told them this one wasnt able to cool as well as factory they upgraded me. They have said that not everyone experiences this but for those that do they upgrade.

[@disgruntledconservativevet1798]

I want to know how it performs with a 30 foot Toy Hauler fully loaded pulling the I 80 from Sacramento to Reno, or the 58 from Bakersfield to Mojave. You want to test something, those are the two pulls I want to see. I live in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and I’m usually pulling my tractor (14000 pounds with trailer) in the California heat. I have an 05 Ram with the 5.9 Cummins. I’m looking at these radiators, and I need to know HOW MUCH BETTER they cool over OEM. $250.00 vs $800.00. Is this just “snake oil”? WHO HAS THE TRUE NUMBERS?

[@six0bros]

Well for me it is not possible for me to go test there. I live in the east coast and as a full time nurse and part time student it is not feasible for me to do so. Now what I can tell you is I currently do not feel there is a true upgraded radiator that out performs the factory unit. I believe in my experience mishimoto is not worth the coast. Mishimotos cheaper unit is a great way to have less efficient at cooling. Now my camper is about 13k all loaded up so that is at least a similar load but I cannot test those grades. If the factory one is 300 and the mishimoto is 800 i would go factory all day. Now if mishimoto was 800 and oem was 900 I would go with mishimoto. At extended testing the performance radiator from mishimoto performance simular to factory.

[@disgruntledconservativevet1798]

I get it. For us out west, we are pulling 6% (or more) grades at 110 degrees ambient temp. We work our trucks hard, and trying to figure out what is best. I put a Mishimoto transmission cooler in, and I have seen a HUGE difference. That is an upgrade worth the money. I’m hoping their radiators will provide the same results. I put an AFE inter cooler in my truck, and really haven’t seen any difference that would give a good enough reason to spend that kind of money. I learned my lesson, and now doing research. I don’t want to spend money a lot of money on something that’s no better than the OEM.

[@six0bros]

The Trans cooler I have only heard good things about. Their radiator truthfully in my experience doesn't do any better than a properly functioning oem. Now I have heard of people having crap in their radiators who rave about mishimoto but if your radiator is doing well I do not think it is worth the money over an oem. I do not belive they have made any changes since I got my performance radiator. I can without a shadow of a doubt tell you thr cheap mishimoto radiator is garbage. Towing my camper on a relatively flat tow I had notably higher coolant and transmission Temps

[@six0bros]

Here is a video I made about the cheap mishimoto and the "performance" one. The afe one you referred to looks interesting. I would love to measure other upgraded ones just don't have to ability to test so many of them kzbin.info/www/bejne/oabJpneYmpqfeJo

[@MrButterz48]

@@disgruntledconservativevet1798 oem is most likely a 2 row and mishimoto is 3, ive found one at summit racing with a 4 row. but the one thing i dont like with mishimoto is they dont put the tube specs. for example a 2 row with a 1 inch tubing will cool better than a 3 row 5/8 inch tube.

[@gregc6345]

what kind of temps were you getting before and after when towing?

[@six0bros]

I only recommend the performance radiator. I forget the temps now but I do lot believe there is an upgrade to the factory. Just ones that look nicer. My advice would be which ever is cheaper the performance one or the OEM one.

[@timritchieblue]

Can you test some bilstein 5100 shocks? Or some Rancho 9000 shocks?

[@six0bros]

At the moment I dont have plans to, but maybe in the future. Josh was thinking about changing his shocks maybe we'll see if we can talk him into it

[@FORD4LIFE73]

Tim I got bilstein5100 on my truck front and back makes a huge difference night and day ranchos don't even compare u can a complete set of bilstein5100 on Amazon for 290

[@mikeyoung718]

can you get bilstein shocks even with a 4.5inlift?

[@six0bros]

Yes they sell them for lifts too.

[@alwaysup2late]

I'm running the 5100s with a 6" lift on my F250. Made a big difference over the worn out stock ones

[@JA-ux7dd]

Your thermostat should dictate the operating temp. A radiator capabilities are best demonstrated in higher altitudes and extreme heat and towing.

[@six0bros]

So yes the thermostat does determine it however it is only part of the equation. When towing heavy or running the truck hard, the radiator can be the weak link or limiting factor to how well the colling system performs. I run factory thermostats which run around 185-190. So after that point you're really testing if the radiator can keep up with what we're asking of the truck

[@theproduct456]

What about at idle

[@six0bros]

Just checking are you asking about cooling Temps at idle?

[@theproduct456]

Yes

[@six0bros]

I can say that I noticed no difference from factory to this

[@thatpowerstrokebloke]

.....8th ?

[@six0bros]

Lol it's ok brother

[@MellyP1]

Is 5 degrees really worth $250 tho?

[@tornbodybuilding7668]

For keeping it over 10 degrees cooler while towing. Yes. Unloaded was just a quick test. While towing I feel it did much better

[@lightningsmokerXx]

I hear what you are saying, but....reliability of no plastic and more solid built would be more important long term as well. Different strokes for different folks.

[@six0bros]

Since this video I do have to say that the factory one I had never leaked at all for 180k miles I do think that is something to consider. That said I know the motorcraft ones have gone up a little in price. Other notable ones ipr sells a all aluminum one and so does bpd.

[@jakeresch4332]

Powder coat

[@six0bros]

Is that your guess on the next mod?

[@jakeresch4332]

Yeah man

[@six0bros]

I have some plans for it but not next.

[@gregc6345]

How did it do with your trailer hooked up?

[@six0bros]

The cheap radiator was awful and couldn't keep my truck cool. The next time I towed I realized I had a clogged oil cooler. Unfortunately I have not been able to tow with the performance radiator they sell. From what I can tell the performance radiator seems to have similar to stock performance.

[@Dragnet2]

What thermostat are you running? What degrees?

[@six0bros]

Just the factory one. I believe factory is 190 but it might be 185.

[@Dragnet2]

Might be 195, which is why it didn’t drop much more .....my mustang is 196 stock ....I replaced the radiator with a 165 stat n that helped

[@six0bros]

I am excited to see how it does towing. That is the real test.

[@FORD4LIFE73]

@@six0bros it's supposed to be 192 with a factory cause I asked Anthony the same question when we first took my truck on a test drive when I got it from auction

[@six0bros]

Tha is man. Always appreciate your input man. How is the truck running?

[@funnydubby6401]

Diesels perform way better under extreme heat conditions? Why would u want to run cooler? Tbh, having a “performance” radiator won’t do much compared to having “hotter” thermostats. You will defintly want to run a different coolant such as Evans or Cat coolant.

[@six0bros]

Define extreme heat? At what temp. I'm not trying to get it below operating temp while I'm working it. Just trying to keep temps down in general. I would like to keep them down around like 200. However the cheap mishimoto rad wasn't able to do that while towing

[@funnydubby6401]

6.0 Bros well ever heard of Evans cooling, big rigs use that along with different thermostats, they can run their engines upwards of 250 degrees preferably and obviously the Evans stuff doesn’t boil over because it’s boil temperature is around 375 degrees compared to waters 212. Just do some research I remember a trucker telling me about it and low and behold I got myself some modified thermostats for my 6.4 and I run around 250 degrees and run Evans coolant through my system and I can defiantly feel a lot more power. No dyno in my area but I do a lot of truck pulls and there was a huge difference.

[@gregmenniges5963]

I run a 205° thermostat on my 7.3 but that's what International specs call for.

[@funnydubby6401]

G Mo cardboard over the radiator works lol

[@gregmenniges5963]

@@funnydubby6401 I know during the winter

[@MrDollainc]

If motorcraft last 200k and my temps are not over 200° I don't get the point..

[@six0bros]

I actually steer a lot of people for the stock one. Now in the heat of summer my truck has never stayed under 200 especially towing but always very manageable

[@Itsa_Mea]

Your getting Mishimoto pipes and the updated CAI filter kit. That's my educated guess.

[@six0bros]

You're really close 🤔

[@bigoneish]

If anyone wants to know how to look like a douche here it is

[@six0bros]

Lol one day I want to do a video reaction reading comments like this.