Vortech and now overheating

[Canadian]

Originally Posted by Chef-j

How do you know for sure if you are car is over heating or not. What was the temp?

I do not have an experience with nismo thermostat, but by research i read many people says it doesn't help.

I can tell from experience that it DOES help.

[Chef-j]

Originally Posted by Canadian

I can tell from experience that it DOES help.

Did you installed radiator at same time? Do you know how much did it help? (Beside shows on stock temp meter thing )

Edit: don't get me wrong, I'm trying to make cooling list for myself.

Op, If you are runing v2, have you think about doing oil cooler? And any update?

[Canadian]

Originally Posted by Chef-j

Did you installed radiator at same time? Do you know how much did it help? (Beside shows on stock temp meter thing )

Edit: don't get me wrong, I'm trying to make cooling list for myself.

Op, If you are runing v2, have you think about doing oil cooler? And any update?

Yes, I installed a radiator at the same time. I can tell the nismo thermostat does help because I have an coolant gauge which is dead on accurate to the ECU temp. As soon as the thermostat opens my coolant gauge stays dead even at 175 degrees. If I just had a bigger radiator, the gauge wouldn't read at 175, it would read wherever the stock thermostat opens.

[Chef-j]

Originally Posted by Canadian

Yes, I installed a radiator at the same time. I can tell the nismo thermostat does help because I have an coolant gauge which is dead on accurate to the ECU temp. As soon as the thermostat opens my coolant gauge stays dead even at 175 degrees. If I just had a bigger radiator, the gauge wouldn't read at 175, it would read wherever the stock thermostat opens.

That's good to know, thanks.

[silver g]

Originally Posted by Chef-j

Did you installed radiator at same time? Do you know how much did it help? (Beside shows on stock temp meter thing )

Edit: don't get me wrong, I'm trying to make cooling list for myself.

Op, If you are runing v2, have you think about doing oil cooler? And any update?

My mechanic doing the build on my car is a certified Master Nissan Tech. Just the other day I was asking him if this NISMO thermostat made a difference or not. He said yes...in short that thermostat allows the engine to run a full 10 degrees cooler with a stock radiator. Add a larger core radiator and the decrease in temp is more significant. IMO the NISMO thermostat is a must with FI...so is a larger core radiator. You can never have too much cooling.

[Q45tech]

Thermodynamically all that really solves the situation is to increase the coolant volume by a factor that mimics the power increase.
If you increase by 30%, increase coolant volume by 3-4 quarts.

[GTreeFive]

I drive my vortech revup every day, even in the week of 95 degree weather stuck in chicago traffic with AC on, I have no issues temp stays the same.

Just a tad below halfway on the stock gauge in the dash.

2006 30k miles