Impulsed7
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Received it a week or so ago, and have been staring at the temperature screen ever since. Even on hot days, the cylinder head temp is almost 20 degrees cooler than before, chilling at about 185 to 195. Before, it would sit around 205 or much higher depending on my driving.
Shipping was fast, Packaging was on par with high end BMW, Porsche, or Ferrari products where you pay double or more for the same type of product.
I will add temperatures and video when I get out to VIR for some real testing.
While it is a really well put together kit, I still have a few beefs to lay out.
First and probably hugely important unless you want to act like a brand new GT3, the oil cooler lines run right on top of the drivers side engine mount bolt. I can easily see these rubbing through after a time and causing a catastrophic failure. My fix will be to wrap the lines in reinforced rubber hose and some zip ties anywhere they would rub, but Mishi could include something to prevent this for the price.
Second, I had to bend their bottom mount for the cooler a bit to make it fit. Things just didn't want to line up right away.
And lastly, but a big redass on me, the instructions from Mishi did not show the bolts holding the front bumper on that are behind the outside edge of the headlights. I read them as saying the bumper would just pop out back there once I got everything apart, and I broke my bumper where the bolts go through back there. It still mounts up just fine, but that bothers me on a brand new car.
Final verdict: Absolutely GREAT product, but just not 100% in execution. Again, I will update after a few track sessions, but I am expecting to be very pleased after a few laps. Thanks Mishimoto.
Pictures to come when my intercooler gets here and I have everything apart again.
Shipping was fast, Packaging was on par with high end BMW, Porsche, or Ferrari products where you pay double or more for the same type of product.
I will add temperatures and video when I get out to VIR for some real testing.
While it is a really well put together kit, I still have a few beefs to lay out.
First and probably hugely important unless you want to act like a brand new GT3, the oil cooler lines run right on top of the drivers side engine mount bolt. I can easily see these rubbing through after a time and causing a catastrophic failure. My fix will be to wrap the lines in reinforced rubber hose and some zip ties anywhere they would rub, but Mishi could include something to prevent this for the price.
Second, I had to bend their bottom mount for the cooler a bit to make it fit. Things just didn't want to line up right away.
And lastly, but a big redass on me, the instructions from Mishi did not show the bolts holding the front bumper on that are behind the outside edge of the headlights. I read them as saying the bumper would just pop out back there once I got everything apart, and I broke my bumper where the bolts go through back there. It still mounts up just fine, but that bothers me on a brand new car.
Final verdict: Absolutely GREAT product, but just not 100% in execution. Again, I will update after a few track sessions, but I am expecting to be very pleased after a few laps. Thanks Mishimoto.
Pictures to come when my intercooler gets here and I have everything apart again.
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