can i just use the original thermostat?>
not install the second one come with the pathfinder kit?

 

you can set it up how ever you like.

i am using the thermostat.

 

wouldnt it be a better idea to replace it with one that will open sooner?

 

I think it opens around 150F, remember your radiator fans on/off switch ultimately controls coolent temps.
(I have mine in because the rubber gasket is attached to the thermostat, you could take the spring and valve out and just leave the housing and gasket.)

 

mine didnt come with a thermostat. im on my factory one, no issues

 

^^^ Did you use gasket sealer (liquid) or did you make your on gasket?

 

how does this cooling mod work?.............are we talking about just a colder thermostat that comes with the kit or does it have a second thermostat to install on the car?...so would the car running the stock thermostat plus a secondary?

 

Secondary that opens up to cool other parts of the motor

 

its an entirely new rear coolant pipe with a hose that attaches to a coolant port between the heads. stock, there's just a block on it, but with the pathfinder part, you take off the block and attach a hose.

supposed to give better coolant flow to the rear cylinders, since there's a more direct route. theres another thermostat in that new rear coolant pipe. I use it since thats how the engineers at nissan designed it. but its up to you how you want to do it.

My car warms up fast enough that it doesnt matter. By the time im driving for a bit all the stats are wide open

 

Any one have part number for these parts for this mod?

 

you can buy it as a complete kit from forged. its on their website.

 

maybe you should ask GTM about melting heads and this "pathfinder cooling mod"... there is a reason that it isn't used anymore on VQs...

 

Maybe you could send us a link or enlighten us on the knowledge you possess

Just the facts, no GTM vs FP BS required.

 

I'd be interested in this as well. Of course without the shop BS.

 

Maybe GTM should stop selling it too...

http://www.gtmotorsports.com/product...cat=275&page=1

 

at what point is this mandatory when you go fi? or is it only recommended for a certian hp range

 

melting heads you pop your hood and the heads are a big blob of molten aluminum

 

Delete double post

 

You mean blowing heads like this

 

^^^WTF is going on in those pics??