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Mishimoto Ford Focus ST Oil Cooler Kit

With a solid cooler mounting location in place, it was time to hit the road and collect some much needed data. In the past, we've had great results with our oil cooler kits in terms of temperature reduction, so we have no reason to believe this kit would perform any differently.

Testing Setup and Conditions

Before jumping in the car, we needed to set up our data collection equipment. We use AEM software and sensors to record temperature data for our oil cooler kits. We also use inline pressure sensors to ensure that we are retaining factory-like pressures.

Recording the stock system was easily done with our NPT sandwich plate adapter, as shown below.

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Mishimoto Ford Focus ST Baffled Oil Catch Can Kit

After making mockups for our initial setup and evaluating short-term testing data, our team came to a few conclusions. First, we would be incorporating our catch can into the PCV line only. Our brief accumulation test showed that we had substantial fluid accumulation with the PCV line, while the CCV can ended up dry. Second, our mounting location was really subtle and created a factory-like fitment with no visible lines. Last, the ST produces quite a lot of contaminants even in a short period of time, so a catch can is going to be a great upgrade in terms of preventive maintenance.

Bracket Fabrication

Next on our to-do list was final bracket fabrication. Something more stout and aesthetically pleasing were our targets. We would also

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Mishimoto Ford Focus ST Oil Cooler Kit

Continuing with our progress last time, we were set on constructing a prototype bracket so that we could fully install our system and collect some on-road data.

Cooler Bracket Fabrication

When we left you our team had selected an appropriate cooler location and had started making a bracket template for the heat exchanger. Once we had a general idea of the size, bends, and hole location, we started making a bracket from plate steel.

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Mishimoto Ford Focus ST Baffled Oil Catch Can Kit

Ford Focus ST test vehicle

As you may be aware, our engineering team has been wrenching away on this Focus ST to develop a slew of awesome products for the community. Our oil cooler development is underway, and alongside this project we began to experiment with a direct-fit oil catch can system. Now, you may be wondering exactly how necessary such a product is.

Discussions around the community have covered the impact of oil within the intake system and its effect on valve buildup. In short, the lack

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Mishimoto Ford Mustang EcoBoost Intercooler Pipe Kit

After putting some final touches on our pipe design in 3D modeling software, we concluded the design phase of this project. With only inspection of our final prototype and final test fitting on the agenda, this project was nearly complete.

Final Prototype Pipe Kit

Check out a look at the final prototypes we worked up!

Mishimoto hot-side (left) and cold-side (right) intercooler pipes

We are always trying out new testing methods and conducting really different kinds of R&D here at Mishimoto. A few weeks back, we performed quite a cool test to evaluate heat transfer on one of our upcoming intercoolers.

What we did!

We have been seeking ways to evaluate the transfer of heat through intercooler cores that we design. Although we have a variety of software programs that can reveal air dispersion and flow, additional data points are always helpful, especially if we can see the changes as they occur.

At some point we stumbled across thermochromic paint additives. This interesting powder has been around for quite some time. It is simply added to a paint clear coat, and it tints the clear to your color choice, in our case, black. Then, once the painted object reaches 86°F, the tint becomes translucent, revealing the base color.

Now, if you are like me, you are already online looking for this paint additive and making plans to

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Mishimoto Ford Mustang EcoBoost/V6/V8 Aluminum Coolant Expansion Tank

Last time we gave you some insight into the internal and external design of our expansion tank, and now we have our first prototype! Keep in mind, this prototype was constructed to verify fitment and functionality. We selected our standard polished finish, but we are certainly keeping in mind all the feedback regarding the finishes and colors everyone would prefer.

Mishimoto Expansion Tank Prototype

No more stalling, check out our prototype tank!

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Mishimoto Ford Focus ST Oil Cooler Kit

After knocking out some projects for Japanese turbocharged vehicles and European sports cars, we finally freed up some garage space and engineering time to begin much needed development on one of the hottest hatchbacks on the market.

As general gearheads, we have been keeping a close eye on the Focus in terms of aftermarket product support as well as how the enthusiast world accepted this new vehicle. We found numerous gaps in product support for cooling, yet a very active and enthusiastic community of Focus addicts.

We have a ton of awesome plans for the ST, the first of which is a direct-fit oil cooler solution. Throughout the past few years we have had numerous requests for this component. It seems that extensive

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Mishimoto Ford Mustang EcoBoost Downpipe!

Mishimoto downpipe 3D model

It has been awhile since our last update on the Mishimoto downpipe, however I assure you it was worth the wait. We have had our engineers tackling a ton of awesome new products for the EB, this exhaust system included. We left off with an evaluation of the stock downpipe. Once that was complete we set out to design our own system.

3D Printing

Is Mishimoto going to print out an entire downpipe? Not

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Mishimoto Ford Mustang EcoBoost Intercooler Pipe Kit

3D Pipe Models

As with all our projects, we would be using 3D modeling software (Solidworks) to put our final design into both 3D and drawing forms. Not only does this put our design into a viewable format, but it also allows for digital tweaks as well as confirmation of fitment and precision with the overall product design.

Check out the rendering below showing our projected cold-side pipe design.

Mishimoto cold-side