Havn't been to a car track day yet but iv'e done several motorcycle trackdays and I've always ran distilled water and water wetter. Is that acceptable with cars?
Suggestions on track day cooling/oil
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Havn't been to a car track day yet but iv'e done several motorcycle trackdays and I've always ran distilled water and water wetter. Is that acceptable with cars?
Yep. It is what I used. ^ WallyWorld has distilled water for like $1 a gallon.
Antifreeze is slicker than goose poop....Synthetic oil is nasty, too. Check those drain plugs before you leave home!
Antifreeze is slicker than goose poop....Synthetic oil is nasty, too. Check those drain plugs before you leave home!
Where would you stick an oil cooler on a Terminator to get airflow? Remove a foglamp and put it in the air stream there?
This was my plan....fog light delete
that's where mine is mounted, foglights are overrated :-D
"...distilled water and water wetter."
Is that acceptable with a cat that's also driven on the street? Will it provide enough protection? I'm not going to switch back & forth, however I'm guessing it would need to be drained during the winter months?
Is that acceptable with a cat that's also driven on the street? Will it provide enough protection? I'm not going to switch back & forth, however I'm guessing it would need to be drained during the winter months?
It will cool better than straight coolant or a water coolant mix. Only downside is it will freeze. If your car stays in a garage during the winter months and won't freeze over you'll be good. I not you will need to drain and add coolant.
So in order to piece an oil cooler together, I will just need an oil filter relocation set up, some AN fittings, and an oil heat exchanger?
And any suggestions on where to mount the heat exchanger? I would assume mounting it in front of the radiator would potentially serve as a heater for my coolant which I don't want.
And any suggestions on where to mount the heat exchanger? I would assume mounting it in front of the radiator would potentially serve as a heater for my coolant which I don't want.
How's a jump from 5w30 to 10w40?
I've been running Castrol TWS 10w60 with great results, with my cooling setup the only moment my oil temperature starts to creep up is when I'm sitting in traffic. Need to add a fan to the oil cooler next.
O/P: You don't need to sacrifice one guage for another.
O/P: You don't need to sacrifice one guage for another.
I used to worry about oil temps until i found the solution is a modded hood. I don't remember the last time i even looked at the oil temps. I have one temp gauge but use a toggle switch to switch over to either oil temp or dif temp.
You're running an oil cooler aren't you?
I would like to know how you switch between the two? Can you use a simple electrical switch since they both run on 0-5VDC?
Yes he is, but the hood probably makes way more of a difference
Now that's not a bad idea.
Yes i am but since i modded the hood the temps are not that high.
You can have the aeroforce scan two at a time with a max of 8.
I have three temps sensors. I have a three position toggle switch. on-off-on.
on-water temp
off- momentary switch for dif temp
on- oi temp
I had the dif temp on a momentary switch because i rarely ever use it anymore. It's 12 volts since it is an autometer gauge, not an obdII gauge.
I just didn't want to have three gauges.
Since this thread isn't ancient I figured I'd ask a follow up question. What coolant is a good idea to run since I got my new fluidyne radiator. Also since the engine is all aluminum too. (I did order an anode drain plug)
what ratio of distilled water/water wetter do you guys use? right now I'm running 10w30 synthetic pennzoil but my car is now a trailer queen so what should I go with oil wise...motor is a bone stock 95 cobra motor. just have headers exhaust etc.
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