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Track car advice
Evening all I've just done my first track day and I've had an issues with heat wiliest going around the circuit giving the car a thrash my oil temps can go over 120c and the water temp kept going in the red I'm thinking of getting an oil cooler and maybe get rid of the water running through the turbo and run it like a s1 t3 would this the right thing to do?? water pump rad and thermo stat are new.
any advice welcome cheers.
any advice welcome cheers.
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Hi mate i build them and rally cars for a living, try running Evans waterless coolant and also changing the thermostat to the burton power one it opens sooner
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I never thought of a turbo cooler,yeah i think my best bet is oil cooler.
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ummm that is also on and at the back of my mind, sniff test need then.
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I've still got the original fan switch witch dose its job I've just put the over ride in so i can control it if i want to.
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when the car was used on the road it was fine, the driving style i use on the track is completely different than what i use on track.
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To be honest sounds like may be a cooling problem, ive been tracking for years with Evo's, RS2000's and now a MG ZR to name a few and ive never had a cooling over heat when you moving that fast should easy have enough cooling through the rad etc. Defo would advise fitting a oil to air cooler tho speck to Matt Lewis racing he does loads of kits at good prices i would advise to run a take off plate with a 80 degrees thermostat in to avoid over cooling the oil when driving on roads etc
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To be honest sounds like may be a cooling problem, ive been tracking for years with Evo's, RS2000's and now a MG ZR to name a few and ive never had a cooling over heat when you moving that fast should easy have enough cooling through the rad etc. Defo would advise fitting a oil to air cooler tho speck to Matt Lewis racing he does loads of kits at good prices i would advise to run a take off plate with a 80 degrees thermostat in to avoid over cooling the oil when driving on roads etc
The car is only going to be used as a track car no road use but i think a thermostat might be a good idea.
Dose the evo have a water cooled turbo do you know? as i think this was the problem as the rs has so it was dumping hot water back in the system,plus it was a hot day.
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something that's just come to mind is that I'm running a front mount intercooler and I'm running the fans in between the intercooler and rad i wander because I'm ruining two 11" fans that not enough air flow is passing through to the rad when I'm moving, great when parked up but not wiliest I'm moving.
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yeah I've just been looking at matt's kits, they look good everything you need to fit one witch is great.
The car is only going to be used as a track car no road use but i think a thermostat might be a good idea.
Dose the evo have a water cooled turbo do you know? as i think this was the problem as the rs has so it was dumping hot water back in the system,plus it was a hot day.
The car is only going to be used as a track car no road use but i think a thermostat might be a good idea.
Dose the evo have a water cooled turbo do you know? as i think this was the problem as the rs has so it was dumping hot water back in the system,plus it was a hot day.
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I used to have cooling issues like this on my old XR2 turbo, I fitted a 13 row Mocal oil cooler with a thermostatic take of plate, but I did retain the standard oil/water heat exchanger with a shorter but wider cossie 2wd oil filter, this with 5m of hosing with the cooler itself added an extra 900ml of oil to the system, also I fitted a standard 2wd cossie rad (which just fitted between the headlights) and the hosing from the stat housing to the rad via a swirl pot was over twice as long by adding longer pipe work, this added almost 2 litres extra water to the cooling system, after that I never had an issue, more water more oil and bigger cooling surface area seamed to work a treat.
I've put a cossie rad in a Mk4 escort just to see if it fits and just goes in.
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I used to have cooling issues like this on my old XR2 turbo, I fitted a 13 row Mocal oil cooler with a thermostatic take of plate, but I did retain the standard oil/water heat exchanger with a shorter but wider cossie 2wd oil filter, this with 5m of hosing with the cooler itself added an extra 900ml of oil to the system, also I fitted a standard 2wd cossie rad (which just fitted between the headlights) and the hosing from the stat housing to the rad via a swirl pot was over twice as long by adding longer pipe work, this added almost 2 litres extra water to the cooling system, after that I never had an issue, more water more oil and bigger cooling surface area seamed to work a treat.
I've put a cossie rad in a Mk4 escort just to see if it fits and just goes in.
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year sounds like a plan,I was wandering whether I should keep the oil/water heat exchanger as I was thinking of getting rid of it, In my thinking it would take away more heat from the water system then maybe get a bigger oil cooler,I'm unsure tho.
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The frontmount intercooler blocking the rad is the biggest cause of high water temps on a rst.If you trim the leading edge off the bottom cross member,and then lower the front mount, it will then leave a gap at the top,which lets more air get to the rad.Also running a rad in the water feed to the turbo will help,as will an oil cooler.But remember,wherever you fit these extra rads,they have to be upright with air passing THROUGH them.I've seen too many oil coolers fitted in engine bays of rst's,bolted to the inner wing at a 45 degree angle!!!!!
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The frontmount intercooler blocking the rad is the biggest cause of high water temps on a rst.If you trim the leading edge off the bottom cross member,and then lower the front mount, it will then leave a gap at the top,which lets more air get to the rad.Also running a rad in the water feed to the turbo will help,as will an oil cooler.But remember,wherever you fit these extra rads,they have to be upright with air passing THROUGH them.I've seen too many oil coolers fitted in engine bays of rst's,bolted to the inner wing at a 45 degree angle!!!!!
mmmmm I've fitted my oil cooler drivers side behind the bumper I've put holes in the bumper so there's plenty of air flow but...................its at a 45 degree angle
Have you still got your escort m8? last time I think I saw it was rs national day two or three years ago.
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Nothings been tested yet first test is a week on Tuesday track day at Oulton park,it's probably over kill what i'v done as it was unusual weather for us on the day i did my first track day 30 degrees.
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