track car back together - few pics
no, its wasnt metric, sorry dunno part muber... on the new lines i put old metric onnection on one side and standard connection on the other sides to go the T, et. I scavanged the metric connections from the old lines and the standard connections were already on the long lines i purchased to cut up into the lengths i needed.
Originally Posted by damian
no, its wasnt metric, sorry dunno part muber... on the new lines i put old metric onnection on one side and standard connection on the other sides to go the T, et. I scavanged the metric connections from the old lines and the standard connections were already on the long lines i purchased to cut up into the lengths i needed.
Originally Posted by aed gtp
pls tell me you dont keep it on the street like that often =/
all the time...duh :-) (hehehe)
actually i dont really know what you mean by that. ?
Originally Posted by the_glass_man
Where's the writeup with all the pictures?
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Originally Posted by maxcooper
So far it is working great, but I have just been breaking in the new engine and not really pushing it much. And I haven't been to the track yet. My temps are in the low 170Fs when cruising, and in the high 170Fs when putzing around town in traffic. My water temp gauge is holding a peak of 185F, but I don't remember the conditions under which that temp occurred. I have a few holes in the thermostat (for more flow) and I have the PowerFC fan settings set to 87,88,89C to run the fans when it starts to get hot at all. I am running a stock main pulley, SR underdrive WP and alt pulleys (for maximum belt contact with a decent amount of flow), and I have a custom FMIC with the AC condensor (I think that's the right term -- the rad-looking heat exchanger AC component) and MazdaComp radiator behind it, all ducted together very well with the stock fans in back. No AST (couldn't find an easy place to mount it, and I think it may be less useful with the radiator mounted more vertically than stock). I've also got an oil-only turbo, CWR dual oil coolers, ceramic coated rotor faces, and some water-jacket-mod surface area increase in the rotor housings. My aftermarket gauge sensor is in the stock gauge sensor location (rear side housing by the oil pressure sensor).
I'll be at high desert tracks in the summer (which used to make my normally-cool-running car overheat) to see how it does under extreme conditions. I'm hopeful, but realistically a bit pessimistic about how it will work there.
-Max
I'll be at high desert tracks in the summer (which used to make my normally-cool-running car overheat) to see how it does under extreme conditions. I'm hopeful, but realistically a bit pessimistic about how it will work there.
-Max
A gtc front bumper with duct work is probably the best heat upgrade you can do for a track car.
I'm a big fan of front mounts
High intake temps on a track car spell blown motor. That's what happened to my daily driver this summer. Detonated after about 20 minutes in 80 degree weather running 10lbs of boost with a rich map. Thanks to the 3mm seals she is still limping along 
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