Paintballing August 27th

Hi Guys,

Tengoku is organising a paintballing session for Saturday morning, August 27th.

Hit us up if you are interested. But in the meantime, we are planning on indoor session at Malaga.

Further details to be advised closer to the date such as pricing etc.

But we plan to have stickers, food and alcohol!

Note: This is an open invite! We want to do something like Nissan V Others (since there are so many Nissan owners!)

Cheers,
Marshall

Running list:
Tiang
Marshall
Andrew Dinha
Joshua Stone
Heng Teng
Richard
Glen

Overheating SR20DET

Hi guys,

I've had this issue for awhile now with my SR20det, its running a GT2871R at 18psi and its overheating. On normal drives for 20-25mins it runs fine, I have no variations in heat (based on OEM water temp guage). Only on hard runs, ie AHG day or even after 2nd leg of swa cruise it starts to overheat.

This all began almost 6 months ago when my car ran out of coolant on a hot day to the point where it stopped working. It actually blew white smoke until it died, I mustve had a leak at the time.

After that, I replaced the OEM parts to the following:
Koyo Radiator N-flow
Silicon Hoses
Yashio factory water pump pulley (larger)
OEM Water pump
Unbranded thermostat (from repco or similar)
Nismo radiator cap

I have just taken it to NatRAD in Joondalup and had Matt take a look, he mentioned the following:


Now he has given me a few suggestions, and he believes there may be a few issues. As you may/may not know, I try to do things myself so the task is up to me to try and fix as much as of it as possible. Matt suggested perhaps doing some of the following:
Replace clutch fan (appears to be quite worn)
Replace thermostat to OEM (There is a possiblity that glue may have clogged the thermostat on install)
Examine throttle body/bypass water lines going into throttle body
Replace radiator cap (in actual fact the cap seems fine but when my car first overheated it actually blew off)
Possible leak in turbo ?
Possible head gasket (LAST RESORT)

Even driving to places like the stance cruise and back (thats near the airport and I live in Padbury) the car was fine. When the car overheats it actually loses alot of the coolant, but it takes awhile for it to heat up.

Any suggestions would be appreciated before I start spending more money trying to fix it! I really hope its not the head gasket but if the time comes, then the time will come. I will potentially have to do a compression test and/or leak down test when I have the time.

Thanks,
Marshall

AHG Day by Tengoku Imports - FREE BBQ!

Hey guys,

Ill be hosting this event under our new Australian Registered Business:
Tengoku Imports
tengoku.imports@gmail.com

Details as below
Date: Sunday, 29th May 2011
Time: 8:30am - 12:30pm
Location: RAC Driving Centre (near the International Airport - Map below)
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=rac+driving+...=16&iwloc=A
Numbers required: 10 drivers
1. Justin / Karnage (FC3S) PAID
2. Max / Maxmimus (GTR) PAID
3. Jesse / Torquen (S13) PAID
4. Anthony / 2nd Gen 7 (FC3S) PAID
5. Kevin / Kccrod ("Boat" .. hopefully with wheels) PAID
6. Justin / grip_fc (FC3S) PAID (+1 more payment for Michael)
7. Tom / Munsie (WRX) NO ROOM
8. Brennan / brennanlam (S15) PAID
9. ? / STOMPS (?) PAID
10. Cam / WAS12A (FB RX7) PAID
11. Paul / ? (Clubby) PAID
12. Jared / ? (R33) PAID
SPOTS WILL ONLY BE SECURED ONCE PAYMENT IS MADE!
Cost per driver: $85 each
Description:
Our skidpans are purpose-built bitumen areas, rectangular in shape measuring 190 metres long by 33 metres wide. Their main uses include:

· Manoeuvring area for light vehicles.
· Skid cars.
· Simulation training.
· Displays.
· Reaction testing.
· Steering control.
· Lane changing manoeuvres.
· Parking.
· Reversing.

Some requirements from AHG:
· Closed in shoes
· Long sleeves (shirt, jumper etc.)
· P Plate or FULL Licence
· Roadworthy car
· ADR Approved Helmet
· Try to remove any loose items in the car BEFORE coming to the event (they will go through your car)
· A spririted driving attitude

Payment: Bank Deposit


Everyone is invited to come down and watch!
Post here to show your interest and if you will make it on the day
I will be taking pictures on the day and it will make it onto our facebook page!

WE ARE TRYING TO ORGANISE A FREE BBQ FOR THOSE WHO COME DOWN EITHER TO PARTICIPATE OR SPECTATE.
PLEASE POST INTEREST SO WE HAVE A GOOD IDEA ON NUMBERS
(capped at the first 30 people who show interest)

2 sets of $50 vouchers* will be handed out to BEST driver of the morning, and TOUGHEST ride based on highest number of votes

Professional Radiator Flush

Hi guys,

I'm looking at getting my radiator/cooling system professionally flushed. I have googled a few places, any recommendations?

Ultraflush - 5/139 Winton Road, Joondalup WA 6027
Fluid masters - http://www.fluidmasters.com.au/products_services-cooling.asp
Vic Park radiators - http://www.vicparkradiators.com.au/services.html

Cheers

Engine not starting. Again - Get me to Powercruise!

Hi guys,

I cant believe I am having this starting issues again~! It's not flat battery, pretty sure its not starter motor, I'm thinking it is my immobiliser.

Here is how it started:
Basically, I left my car to sit there for about 1-2months. Before that the car ran fine. I tried starting the car up, but the battery was dead so I took it out and recharged it.
Now, I put back in the recharged battery (note the battery is only about 1 year old and it is a sealed battery) and try to start the car up.

What happens:
The dash works, lights work, however when I try to start it the dash starts making funny noises and the car fails to start, no turning over or anything. Also my car wont un-immobilise itself ie when I press the remote central locking it wont unlock, I have to unlock by key/hand. Also the alarm on the imbo sounds really funny like it is half dying. I believe the immob is a cylcops type alarm system. Excuse me If i dont know much about immobs!

So I'm 99% sure its the immbo and I am not sure how to fix it. Is it possible it is just a fuse? I havent checked them yet.

Please give me a hand so I can get my car to powercruise!