Cooling system refresh

[Cronenberged]

Thank you. Do you know why the Nissens was not liked?

the thread should help, I think it’s hit or miss, but I went OE.
And Modine is no longer making passenger vehicle radiators, sad because their stuff was really good.

[PSUEng]

Litchfield do supply OE like for like oil cooler with an improved design. You can also get them from Radtec who makes the oil coolers for Litchfield.

I have a CSF oil cooler that fits onto the OEM lines, still gets up to over 100°C on hard spirit driving days but cools down slightly quicker than OEM.

Nissan or NRF is your best bet for radiators off Autodoc. NRF used to make E46 oil coolers from BMW.

Do you have experience with the Radtec oil cooler? Per their site, it's a fraction of the cost of Genuine or C&R (which I was looking at) and "manufactured [in] Staffordshire". However, they don't give performance specs that I see. Also interesting offering they have in the EVO Radiator.

[PSUEng]

I heard the Bimmerworld C&R coolers have had issues. Maybe Zionville, PWR (I think they own C&R), or CSF are alternatives.

What have you heard about the C&R? I recall a thread where a member purchased and didn't see the claims BW made on performance/weight, or something like that. At $1150, with BW and PWR names on it, I'd expect it's a solid performer. But, we all know how this can go these days. I'm considering one, hence my question. But this Radtec is cheap, and might be a good replacement option.