I just added a few new cooling mods to my Car.

Koyo Radiator
Nismo Thermostat
Samco hoses (blue)

25% coolant/ 75% water with a bottle of hyper lube super coolant.
-I will be running this mixture for a month and tracking temps during a drive to Phoenix. Then I will switch out to Evans and compare the results.

Next month an Oil Cooler will be installed and possibly the Nismo Finned Rear Diff Cover (as advertised by WestCovina Nissan)


What else would you guys recommend as far as cooling mods go?

Thanks,
John

(BTW, I deleted the other thread like this because it got out of hand)

 

I myself was trying to determine if samco hoses were worth the price to upgrade? Sounds like you'll be running nice and cool.
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The thin koyo doesn't do much better than ther stocker....the hoses are more for looks, the therm. helps a little. Maybe try a remote switched fan, oil cooler for sure.

 

an oil cooler is good, maybe look into something like the Amsoil filter relocation kit, it allows you to have almost 10qts capacity I think.

more than that, you have the stillen front bumper right? that has a pretty small front opening... maybe you want to look into something with a larger mouth...

 

hmm that's pretty weird because it's a hell of a lot thicker and holds a lot more coolant

attached pic is stock, 36mm radiator and 56mm koyo radiator

 

Take all your pipes out and heat wrap or coat them? NITROUS?

 

Nice pic. Yeah, I'm having to go with 36mm due to clearance issues on the turbonetics kit. I very much doubted the previous statement.

 

dont have that front any longer. Have stock with lip now

 

a nismo or greddy rad cap?

 

It is wierd...I know it doesn't make sense..just my personal observation.--I've been through the cooling battle through very hot traffic excursions w/ no ac.

 

got a Nismo one

 

Well i think you got everything covered, only thing else i can think of is the pathfinder cooling mod?( i think that's what they call it) sharif and others had posted about it while doing engine builds.

 

I have the 56 in my jwt set up its real tight in there but its in.

 

^^ Yep, only left to do is that rear coolant bypass mod from the pathfinder. I dunno how difficult that is with the motor installed though.

 

did you take out the black plastic insert? that helps alot, even replacnig it with black mesh maybe if you are worried about the interfooler being seen?

 

I took my black inserts out here to open the grill up a little more.

 

How about this...

HKS Fan Controller

The HKS Fan Controller has been developed to control factory or aftermarket electronic cooling fans. This unit can control one fan at two speeds or two fans at one speed, and can set the fan(s) to turn on or off at preset temperatures. The back-lit digital display provides real time water temperature (in Celsius or Fahrenheit) using the factory water temperature sensor. A peak hold function memorizes and displays the max temperature value.

The Fan Controller also features a water temperature warning function. If the preset temperature is exceeded the Fan Controller will make an audible alert and the back-lit digital display will blink. The rate of the blinking tells the user if the water temperature is raising or falling. On selected turbocharged vehicles the Fan Controller can also control the intercooler water spray function.



You can adjust it so the fan comes on automatically at a lower temp.

 

MIAPLAYA told me about that. Very nice option. I am going to do some more research on aftermarket fans and this unit. I was thinking about adding a fan to the oil cooler as well, anyone done this before?

 

Even with the stock fan unit, this would help keep temps lower.

 

I believe the fcon can control external fans as well...