06-22-2018, 09:27 PM
A little update as PittRace approaches in July I wanted to knock some things out with the amount of time I have between track weekends.
Whiteline Camber Bushings came in:
![[Image: RAlGFgi.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/RAlGFgi.jpg)
I've talked to FlimFlamSpeed and he said he could get them in on time for PittRace in July. I'll be calling him again to get an appointment setup. In the mean time I will be lowering the car as said and try to get all these parts on!
I've been constantly monitoring temps at each track weekend to be sure I'm not going to kill the car. At Summit Point in June I saw a 221F coolant temp peak but averaging 215-218F most of the time when I was consistently beating hard on the car for 20-25 minutes. Ambient temp was 86-88F on Saturday. As I know VA can get upper 90s and even low 100s during late summer I decided I should probably just get a new, bigger, race radiator now vs waiting until it's too hot and I can't finish a whole track weekend in the coming few months of heat. This will for sure give me peace of mind about temps. If I'm already hitting 221s I bet I'd see 240s in super hot conditions which would pretty much mean my oil temps would be in the 290-300 range aka rip engine.
![[Image: Szw8qQe.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/Szw8qQe.jpg)
It's so pretty. Almost don't want to install it and just hang it up somewhere. CSF "race" radiator. Definitely won't be having any issues with cooling.... Core thickness of 32mm, header thickness 37mm, 2 row, and I'd bet double the fluid capacity over stock. I will of course be running distilled water and water wetter
![[Image: 7jkMu3L.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/7jkMu3L.jpg)
And last but not least I decided to move on from my current header in the car. The GWR Street Header has been perfect for what I originally intended but even though the catalytic converter is high flow, it is robbing some hp. It's also always in the back of my mind the cat is slowly melting away over time due to the heat of track abuse and eventually cause a problem which I don't want to deal with. I was planning on picking up a race muffler and a uncatted double resonator midpipe but after a quick call with GWR they said there is no point. I wouldn't pick up anymore power compared to the current HH midpipe and street single. I appreciated the honesty a lot!
Luckily a few days after calling GWR, the same header I was going to buy from GWR popped up used. This one was their ceramic coated version where I was going to get the standard max power header. It was also cheaper than a new GWR regular max power so I said why not and snagged it. Here are the pics before it was sent to me. Looking forward to getting it on!
![[Image: o73cTFL.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/o73cTFL.jpg)
![[Image: W0SUuQU.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/W0SUuQU.jpg)
Whiteline Camber Bushings came in:
I've talked to FlimFlamSpeed and he said he could get them in on time for PittRace in July. I'll be calling him again to get an appointment setup. In the mean time I will be lowering the car as said and try to get all these parts on!
I've been constantly monitoring temps at each track weekend to be sure I'm not going to kill the car. At Summit Point in June I saw a 221F coolant temp peak but averaging 215-218F most of the time when I was consistently beating hard on the car for 20-25 minutes. Ambient temp was 86-88F on Saturday. As I know VA can get upper 90s and even low 100s during late summer I decided I should probably just get a new, bigger, race radiator now vs waiting until it's too hot and I can't finish a whole track weekend in the coming few months of heat. This will for sure give me peace of mind about temps. If I'm already hitting 221s I bet I'd see 240s in super hot conditions which would pretty much mean my oil temps would be in the 290-300 range aka rip engine.
It's so pretty. Almost don't want to install it and just hang it up somewhere. CSF "race" radiator. Definitely won't be having any issues with cooling.... Core thickness of 32mm, header thickness 37mm, 2 row, and I'd bet double the fluid capacity over stock. I will of course be running distilled water and water wetter
And last but not least I decided to move on from my current header in the car. The GWR Street Header has been perfect for what I originally intended but even though the catalytic converter is high flow, it is robbing some hp. It's also always in the back of my mind the cat is slowly melting away over time due to the heat of track abuse and eventually cause a problem which I don't want to deal with. I was planning on picking up a race muffler and a uncatted double resonator midpipe but after a quick call with GWR they said there is no point. I wouldn't pick up anymore power compared to the current HH midpipe and street single. I appreciated the honesty a lot!
Luckily a few days after calling GWR, the same header I was going to buy from GWR popped up used. This one was their ceramic coated version where I was going to get the standard max power header. It was also cheaper than a new GWR regular max power so I said why not and snagged it. Here are the pics before it was sent to me. Looking forward to getting it on!