Drift Tengoku — September 2004 · Page 242
Page 242 — English translation
A midsummer circuit is scorching hot, so even ten-minute sessions made me anxious unless I cooled the car down. I was reading Drift Tengoku's oil-cooler feature and thinking, ‘This year I'll buy one!’ Thank you! When I trial-fitted the air guide and brackets, the piping for my factory BNR32 intercooler interfered.
After some thought, I cut the guide—sorry, HKS! To preserve its function, I planned to seal the cut area with aluminum tape after installation. The bumper also needed modification to suit it.
Next came the hoses. I drained the oil, removed the filter and fitted the relocation block. The alternator…
Congratulations on winning. Our oil-cooler kit incorporates many cooling measures, including the aluminum air guide. It's designed around factory and HKS products, but if another intercooler or bumper shape interferes, it can be modified readily—please use your DIY skills to cut and adapt it. We'll report your observations to our development staff. Look forward to more products! HKS: .
…is easier to remove so you can reach in and work securely. Hose routing is in the instructions, but drawings might be clearer than photos. Although the block has oil-temperature and pressure-gauge ports, my Omori mechanical gauges wouldn't fit: the temperature sensor was too long and the pressure hose too short. I tested it on a mountain pass at night. Normally my car needs cooling after about ten laps. Since the oil gauges…
…couldn't be fitted, I'll report coolant temperature, assuming it rises alongside oil temperature. After five laps, it stayed below the usual roughly 90°C [exact reported reading damaged]. After another five, when I'd normally cool down, coolant was still about 90°C and I felt no fade.
After five more, when it would normally exceed 100°C, it remained lower [exact figure damaged]. It seemed ready for more. Ten minutes at full throttle at a daytime circuit now seems possible.
Instead of temperature, I may have to worry about tire consumption! [Historical owner's impressions]
Captions and page details
Essential reading before buying parts! Giveaway winners' installation and driving impressions
Reports
Test-user
The winners don't just fit the parts; they drift with them and write their impressions. Performance parts prove their worth on the road or track, so these reports are extremely useful. We hear even manufacturers' developers check this column!
REPORT
Nara, Nara Prefecture
Akira Ikeda
A word from the manufacturer
0544-29-1100
June issue test product
HKS vehicle-specific oil-cooler kit, R type
Delighted with the comprehensive kit!
Much longer continuous full-throttle sessions!
These were the only tools used, but a 27 mm combination wrench and socket are useful. Because there's a lot of engine oil, I recommend buying a drain pan.
Oil-disposal box
The oil filter sits lower than expected, making service easy but raising worries about striking it and causing damage during an off-course excursion. I plan to address that with an oil-pan guard.
The manual photos showed an early model, with parts shaped differently from my late model, making the air guide difficult to fit. My BNR32 intercooler and shop-made piping interfered, so I had to cut…
Perhaps because the tires are large, trial fitting suggested contact when steering—although it didn't actually touch. I offset the core slightly forward as a precaution.
S14 Silvia owner Akira Ikeda's ratings: would buy with own money / ease of installation / contribution to drifting / others' reactions
…it.
[Star ratings partly damaged.] A kit this complete seems inexpensive. Clearer instructions would help. The core is larger than others and performs well. Two visible ratings: five stars each.
Everyone envies its looks and performance! Only the filter's mounting position worries me…
Satisfaction
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