The Chubby Ninja

What power are you running? And what do you use the car for? When I'm on the road or driving hard grip driving on track the mishimoto is fine, it's only when drifting that the problem arises. Mishimoto know about the problem with boosted cars as I contacted them and they said they have only had the issue of overheating with boosted Zs.

Think I have a set of oem cats in the garage if you want to swap them for the mot? If not, give me a pm and I might have some mot places for you. It's falkirk you stay eh?

I'll be there

Once you get that diff welded I'll come out with you no problem and try and help you. I have a hatred for drifting with they viscous diffs lol as they are just dangerous if you don't know what your doing with them haha. When's your next drift day? I will come out with you and try and talk you through it and also take you out in my car to try to show you what I'm meaning. I've just had an op though so will be out the game for 6 to 8 weeks unfortunately. 400 seems alot for a half days tuition but if it's kyle your getting to teach you it's probably worth every penny. But as I said it's alot of money and I'd personally be spending it elsewhere, probably on bits I've already broken on the car haha

To be honest it sounds like the diff. When it's not welded and you clutch kick it, it just spins 1 wheel for a second or so before locking they are rubbish! I ended up rolling my last z because the diff decided to open lol. If you want to keep the viscous you need to keep on a constant throttle to keep it locked, if you lift at all it just opens and straightens up the car violently. Best to leave out clutch kick entries until you get a locked diff. Just try weight transfer initiations in the meantime

That's perfect. Pretty much the same setup I'm running but I don't have the pipe to the intake anymore it's just vented to atmosphere. You don't need a slight vacuum with the pcv valve drilled out as any positive pressure in the crankcase will vent on its own as the pressure outside will be less than the crankcase

Yeah best to stay away from mishimoto products tbh, they have become the new japspeed in terms of bad quality, at least japspeed were cheap! Il be selling my rad soon so will give you a shout (lol)

Haha I know! I won't be buying any mishimoto parts again and il be getting rid of the rad when I can afford to do so but I need other parts first haha. Mishimoto are just rebranded cheap Chinese parts sold at a Rediculous mark up

No I went for a full day doing drift taxis and the water never got over 95. My oil is still getting a bit hot though even with a big 32 row cooler with fan so I may opt for a bigger rad in the future still to try and help a bit. I went for the gates standard replacement thermostat and it's great! No overcooling or overheating and I now have decent heating in the cabin aswell. It was the rubber inside the mishimoto that failed. The only racing thermostat I would use is the nismo but it's only available from the states and about 150 plus duties and tax so I didn't think it was worth it. If the gates wasn't upto the job I'd of just ordered the nismo though

I have now swapped the mishimoto thermostat to a gates one and all my overheating issues have gone! Still got the mishimoto radiator but it now seems is upto the job with a set of spal fans. Can't believe I lost an engine because of a faulty thermostat but you live and learn! I think one of the only suppliers for skunk2 is tegiwa imports

I think japspeed do them but if they are like any other of their products they will be terrible. Have you tried clark motorsport? They are a Tein dealer, I've had a few sets from them

Il be drifting but il come say hello

I've done a couple of trackdays at knockhill and do driftland and crail alot. Do you drift? I'm hoping to get another knockhill trackday this year at somepoint

I quite like it! Looks a bit like a cooler gt86 Imo. Any idea on what engines in it? I bet it's nowhere near as good as a 2j. The race car looks awesome!