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<blockquote data-quote="SeikenFreak" data-source="post: 15272983" data-attributes="member: 122263"><p>Trying to find a little basic information. The sticky post "Primer" pdf link seems to be dead. Also the search is unusable on this site.. Everything I put in is "Too short or too common." Extremely frustrating. Also did some Googling but would like to get more up-to-date info (not from mid-2000s) and some people here seem to know their stuff.</p><p></p><p>I am overly cautious about this stuff now because of losing a motor due to temperature/oil issues (in my Subaru) at my first event.</p><p></p><p>1. <strong><u>What oil temp should I be capping myself at?</u></strong> Ive got Stack temp and pressure gauges. I've been running full syn 5w20 for the street (motor only has 5-10k on it) and seeing oil temps hover around 180 (thermostat temp) to 200 when reving it out more. Pressures are 100+ psi (caps gauge) cold and around 20-25 warm idle. Just did oil change with Amsoil's Dominator 10w30 (sounds like thermal breakdown is around 300F) and base oil K&N filter (Part# PS-2010, research years ago lead me to this filter being good for track use for a reason, can't remember why.) Test drive was showing me 180-210 temps.. 210 was hanging at high RPMs for a bit. 60F ambient. Around 80-90 PSI at 3k+ RPMs. My oil temp gauge tops out at 280F. No external oil cooler on the car. Canton Road Race pan.</p><p></p><p>2. <strong><u>What water temps should I should I look for?</u></strong> Running about 180-200F on street, even with hard driving. I believe it has Water Wetter in it. Probably a 60/40 water/coolant mix. Custom made Home Depot Special air dam. LDC head cooling mod.</p><p></p><p>That is all I can think of at the moment. Doing this event is mostly a shakedown to see how it does in these areas. Getting as prepped as I can.. Flushed the brakes today with fresh Motul 600, generally checked over the brakes, changed out the diff fluid and hopefully fixed the leaky cover, found this dumb rattling sound, and the oil change. Replaced the passenger inner/outer tie rod and got the alignment checked the other day. Checked and fixed my brake ducting.</p><p></p><p>On another note, I remembered another big reason for leaving that rainy track event: I decided to take a gamble and take Dramamine that morning. At my first event, I got nauseous after only a couple laps with my instructor driving his Evo on slicks. It was incredibly fun and intense so it sucked to ask him to pull in to drop me off. Thus the decision to try Dramamine, knowing it might make me feel like shit. Turns out it did. I felt super like.. floaty and out of it. Not all present. This also didn't allow me to enjoy myself. I remember feeling extremely sleepy on the 2 hour drive home which was very bad.</p><p></p><p>So I'm still trying to think of ways to counter-act the passenger motion sickness. At a later date, someone I knew offered to take me around Pocono in his 360 Challenge race car. Found myself again getting a little sick after a few laps but this time I felt like maybe I was able to narrow one of the issues down to neck strain. Being a passenger in a car that's going through traffic, where the driver is constantly on/off the throttle, was whipping my head around and trying to keep my head up was rough. It was easier when the driver could run at a proper pace, with a proper line, acceleration, and braking points and I could sort of drive the car with them and lean my head appropriately etc.</p><p></p><p>I ordered a helmet support neck thing which arrived today but it's a bit more uncomfortable than I expected. Perhaps I'll just try it as a passenger or something.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SeikenFreak, post: 15272983, member: 122263"] Trying to find a little basic information. The sticky post "Primer" pdf link seems to be dead. Also the search is unusable on this site.. Everything I put in is "Too short or too common." Extremely frustrating. Also did some Googling but would like to get more up-to-date info (not from mid-2000s) and some people here seem to know their stuff. I am overly cautious about this stuff now because of losing a motor due to temperature/oil issues (in my Subaru) at my first event. 1. [B][U]What oil temp should I be capping myself at?[/U][/B] Ive got Stack temp and pressure gauges. I've been running full syn 5w20 for the street (motor only has 5-10k on it) and seeing oil temps hover around 180 (thermostat temp) to 200 when reving it out more. Pressures are 100+ psi (caps gauge) cold and around 20-25 warm idle. Just did oil change with Amsoil's Dominator 10w30 (sounds like thermal breakdown is around 300F) and base oil K&N filter (Part# PS-2010, research years ago lead me to this filter being good for track use for a reason, can't remember why.) Test drive was showing me 180-210 temps.. 210 was hanging at high RPMs for a bit. 60F ambient. Around 80-90 PSI at 3k+ RPMs. My oil temp gauge tops out at 280F. No external oil cooler on the car. Canton Road Race pan. 2. [B][U]What water temps should I should I look for?[/U][/B] Running about 180-200F on street, even with hard driving. I believe it has Water Wetter in it. Probably a 60/40 water/coolant mix. Custom made Home Depot Special air dam. LDC head cooling mod. That is all I can think of at the moment. Doing this event is mostly a shakedown to see how it does in these areas. Getting as prepped as I can.. Flushed the brakes today with fresh Motul 600, generally checked over the brakes, changed out the diff fluid and hopefully fixed the leaky cover, found this dumb rattling sound, and the oil change. Replaced the passenger inner/outer tie rod and got the alignment checked the other day. Checked and fixed my brake ducting. On another note, I remembered another big reason for leaving that rainy track event: I decided to take a gamble and take Dramamine that morning. At my first event, I got nauseous after only a couple laps with my instructor driving his Evo on slicks. It was incredibly fun and intense so it sucked to ask him to pull in to drop me off. Thus the decision to try Dramamine, knowing it might make me feel like shit. Turns out it did. I felt super like.. floaty and out of it. Not all present. This also didn't allow me to enjoy myself. I remember feeling extremely sleepy on the 2 hour drive home which was very bad. So I'm still trying to think of ways to counter-act the passenger motion sickness. At a later date, someone I knew offered to take me around Pocono in his 360 Challenge race car. Found myself again getting a little sick after a few laps but this time I felt like maybe I was able to narrow one of the issues down to neck strain. Being a passenger in a car that's going through traffic, where the driver is constantly on/off the throttle, was whipping my head around and trying to keep my head up was rough. It was easier when the driver could run at a proper pace, with a proper line, acceleration, and braking points and I could sort of drive the car with them and lean my head appropriately etc. I ordered a helmet support neck thing which arrived today but it's a bit more uncomfortable than I expected. Perhaps I'll just try it as a passenger or something. [/QUOTE]
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