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    Rb26 Running Hot

    in General Maintenance

    Posted

    Thanks boys. Yeah I will keep an eye on it and hopefully that's hit the nail on the head. I guess they do fail with age. Not sure how old it was to be honest. Coolant was less than 1,000km old in my case, but yeah I understand there are plenty of Skylines running around with old coolant after importing from Japan. Should be one of the first things done to the car upon landing, along with a major service.

    Rb26 Running Hot

    in General Maintenance

    Posted

    UPDATE on original post:

    Just did 20 minute test run with a new radiator cap (HPI). No other changes so far (original t/stat still at this stage). Ambient temps in high 20s, flowing traffic. Took car through town then on M5, steady cruise, 110kmh.

    Water temps did not exceed 75, with norm being low 70s. Much, much more within expected range. Returned home and put car in garage, idled, and temps slowly increased to 81-82. Turned A/C on, continued idling. Temps gradually increased to 87 max over the course of a few minutes. Seems much more normal now, no sudden / sharp increases in temp.

    Next steps will be to take the car on a longer drive when I have time. And potentially have the system flushed again.

    Charles and others - thanks again for your input, hopefully we've clinched it!

    Below is a pic of the old genuine Nismo cap. It does indeed look as though it had been losing some pressure...

    https://www.flickr.com/gp/21305018@N02/464t84

    Gym And Supplement Discussion

    in Health & Wellbeing

    Posted

    Yeah Mark don't we all... Especially those of us who have a desk job, sitting down all day wreaks havoc on the posterior chain - weak glutes and lower back, tight hammies, poor ankle mobility, hunched shoulders, etc

    Foam rolling is excellent, and I've tried the lacrosse ball as well. The relief afterwards is almost worth the pain of rolling...

    Luckily I don't get back pain when sleeping. How do you go with lower back intensive exercises like the DL, RDLs, bent over rows, good mornings?

    Gym And Supplement Discussion

    in Health & Wellbeing

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    Yeah I tried out just some hang cleans for a while and obviously I was shocking at them while starting out, but I could feel how they were hitting the traps. And it's good to work more oly-style explosiveness into the training too I believe. I don't want to end up with good size, but just really slow, and tight with flexibility issues. That explosiveness is pretty important in all the compound movements anyway hey.

    Gym And Supplement Discussion

    in Health & Wellbeing

    Posted

    Enjoyed 5/3/1 and made some good increases on a couple of PBs. I particularly noticed that by pushing myself on the OHP it benefited my bench pressing. I also like how you can opt for the BBB (boring but big) and not much about with the accessory stuff too much if you're short on time.

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