Page 2 - Monthly Archives: September 2016

Us and OEM - Oil Cooler R&D, Part 1: Stock Review and Renderings

Posted: September 16, 2016

Categories: Chevrolet Camaro 2.0T Oil Cooler Kit 2016+

Tags: teammishi, performance, oil cooler, oil, mishimotoengineering, mishimoto, mishi, merica, featured, domestic, cooling, camaro, boost, #engineering

A car of mine has been in desperate need of a new oil pan for months, and it is currently sitting on jack stands in the garage. The new pan, gasket, and bolts are sitting in the back seat, so why isn't the pan on the bottom of the engine?

I'll give you some hints as to the culprit: Only it will tell, nobody ever seems to have enough of it, and Pink Floyd wrote a song about it. No, I'm not talking about LSD - I'm talking about time.

mishi-moon

In our modern age, this connected world has led us to expect the fulfillment of our desires in short order. I want my MTV, and I want it NOW! In the movie Castaway, Tom Hanks' character sums it up well: "87 hours is an eternity. The cosmos was created in

Bye-Bye Blow-By - Catch Can R&D, Part 2: Road Testing

Posted: September 15, 2016

Categories: Ford F-150 Ecoboost Catch Can Kit 2015-2017

Tags: team mishi, PROTOTYPE, PCV, oil, ford, featured, f150, ecoboost, CCV, catch can, built ford tough, blow by

We have had some radio silence with this F150 catch can project, but we now have some updates that we are ready to spill! This has been an interesting project from the beginning. The bulk of time has mainly consisted of road testing; we've logged thousands of miles so far, and every single mile counts.

Let's backtrack a bit. When we began this project, we intended to see what a dual-can setup would accomplish. In the last update we explained the benefit of having a catch can as part of both the PCV and CCV systems. Also, our engineer, Dan, was in the process

Refining a Titan- Intercooler Pipe Kit R&D, Part 2: Prototype Fabrication

Posted: September 13, 2016

Categories: Nissan Titan XD Intercooler Pipe Kit 16+

Tags: XD, turbo, TitanXD, Titan, nissan, mishimotoengineering, mishimoto, featured, diesel

In our last post, we ended with a rendering of the Nissan Titan XD intercooler pipes and the jig that we plan to use to fabricate them. Since then, we began fabricating our prototypes and testing fitment.

Before we could begin welding our prototypes, we first had to fabricate our jig. With the help of the trusty waterjet, we sliced the pieces for the jig and began assembling them.

Titan XD Intercooler piping jig

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The Heel-Toe Hero - Focus RS Pedal Spacer R&D

Posted: September 12, 2016

Categories: Ford Focus RS Gas Pedal Spacer 2016+

Tags: track, RS, race, performance, PedalSpacer, mishimoto, HeelToe, ford, FocusRS, featured

From its conception, the RS was designed to be an enthusiast's dream. The car is beyond agile and begs to be driven within inches of its limits, and assuming its driver is alive and breathing, they are more than happy to oblige. If you have driven a Focus RS, you know that it is happiest heading into a corner, hunkered down, with the RPMs up. With the aggressive driving style that the RS demands, comes the dark art that is heel-toe. Only the best can tame the RS with properly executed downshifts, and in return it will reward you with the exhilarating feeling of powering through a corner.

Mishimoto's Focus RS

At Mishimoto, we love driving our RS, and in the process of testing various parts on our engineering vehicle, the idea

"The TurboChevy" - Intake R&D, Part 2: Weighing Our Options

Posted: September 12, 2016

Categories: Chevrolet Camaro 2.0T Performance Intake 2016+

Tags: turbochevy, turbo camaro, team mishi, R&D, PROTOTYPE, intake, featured, dynojet, cold air induction, chevy, chevrolet, camaro rs, camaro 2.0t, camaro, cai, boost, 2.0T

The team developing this intake for our 2016 Chevy Camaro 2.0T or what I call "The TurboChevy" has been buzzing with activity. In the last post, we discussed the stock intake and analyzed each component to get a good understanding of its design. There were several ways our engineers could have created an intake for this system, and we tried and tested a few of those designs, which yielded some interesting results.

If you followed our 2016+ Camaro SS intake development, you'd see that we went through multiple designs to achieve the desirable. In some ways this project is similar; let's walk through what we found!

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ReSpiration Focal Point - Performance Intake R&D, Part 3: Data Time!

Posted: September 08, 2016

Categories: Ford Focus RS Performance Intake 2016+

Tags: turbo, R&D, pressure drop, intake, INDUCTION, ford rs, ford, focus rs, featured, data, cai, boost, awd, #engineering

Our product development for this 2016 Ford Focus RS has been getting a good amount of attention. Even a fellow Focus RS owner and writer, Kelly G over at "ArtofGears" has taken notice with this awesome piece he penned a couple weeks ago. But I digress. How about we stick to the project at hand?

The engineers, who pretty much call our brand new R&D facility their second home, have been busy working on both current projects and projects you guys don't even know about just yet. Of course, what we are going to shine a light on in today's piece is the performance intake development that has garnered quite the following. Why keep you guys clamoring for more information? Well, I wanted to be sure that you could really sink your teeth into the next update. Good things come to those who wait!

First, we dove head first into testing,

Cool Operator - Oil Cooler R&D, Part 2: Prototype Testing

Posted: September 02, 2016

Categories: Ford Focus RS Oil Cooler 2016+

Tags: turbo, track, teammishi, RS, OilCooler, oil, mishimoto, ford, FocusRS, focus, featured, Cooler

High oil temperatures can shut down a track day faster than you can scream your favorite four-letter word. Unfortunately, high oil temps are already sidelining RS owners at the track. Not to worry, Team Mishi is on it! In our last post, we took a look at the stock cooler and our plans to create a larger one. Now it's time to construct and test our prototype.

Prototype Focus RS oil cooler bracket

An Elegant and Complex System - Direct Fit Catch Can R&D, Part 1: Stock Review

Posted: September 01, 2016

Categories: BMW 1-Series E8X 135i/is Catch Can 2011-2013, BMW 3-Series E9X 335i/xi Catch Can 2011

Tags: turbo, PCV, n55, mishimoto, intake, featured, E92, E82, CCV, catch can, blow by, #e90, #bmw, #335i, #135i

This is it. The leather seat grips your back as hard as your hands grip the wheel and the tires grip the road. The pavement is your playground and nothing can break the connection you have to its twists and turns. Your mind is calm, but calculating, guiding the wheels through every turn with finesse as the headlights cut through the darkness. Smooth is fast, and this car is certainly smooth. When you finally coax yourself to go home, stepping out into the cool night air, you think to yourself, "This is it."

The Dark Horse of Combustion: Blow-by

But what aren't you thinking about? Sure, BMW's N55 TwinPower Turbo inline-six engine is smooth and powerful, but what happens inside that engine is much more violent. Internal combustion engines are essentially controlled bombs; air and fuel combust to drive pistons and crankshafts. One byproduct of this violence is power, but there are darker horses