Limiting HEAT w High HP
- Thread starter HUBBSTER
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You are absolutely right. This will only work for summer or in climates where freezing temps where the car is stored are not a problem. Here in Houston, my attached garage has only gone below freezing once in 20 years, and is now heated just to make sure it never will again. (was a side benefit of adding central ac system to the garage).
But exposure to freezing temps with straight water and water wetter in the systems is disaster, lots of damage.
Here in Sweden and Europe the GT is a rare sight and IT IS damn :facepalm: difficult to find tuners and parts.
So my question is where do I find the 2006 "front screen or grille" ??? :confused
So my question is where do I find the 2006 "front screen or grille" ??? :confused
tmcphail
GT Owner/Vendor
Fubar
Totally ****** Up
I have a 2005 GT with all the previously mentioned fixes, I can go about 4 laps at Willow Springs before limp home mode is engaged, at Miller it was 2.5 laps. I installed a radiator spraying system that shoots water into the front of my radiator in 4 places through windshield washer jets. I made a temporary set up that I recently tried at Willow Springs on a 90 D. day. I have two double outlet windshield washer jets mounted on my front splitter braces and a steering wheel button. I used it down the front strait, between 2 and 3 and between 6 and 8 and it kept my temperatures below 230. I used distilled water to protect the paint and found that I got no water on the windshield at all (something I was worried about, apparently it vaporizes in the radiator/ inter-cooler cores). I mounted the tank in the passenger car footwell during the trial because it is too big to fit in the front boot. It not only helped engine water temp but inlet air temp too. It worked so well that I am going to write a routine for a small micro to control water delivery by monitoring throttle angle and water temp. It really surprised me that I only used about a 1/2 gallon in about 15 minutes, I plan on having an aluminum tank made that will give me about 2 gallons under the front boot. I know it is crude and not pretty but it is cheap and works well. Now the car can run fast longer than I can!
twobjshelbys
GT Owner
Ah, a swamp cooler
Totally inspired engineering. Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best.
FENZO
GT Owner
You could add an oderiferous distillate.. like bacon or doughnuts. Yeah!:biggrin
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Fubar
Totally ****** Up
cobra
Is your car stock or modified? Thinking about Willow but not till it cools off in the fall.
Is your car stock or modified? Thinking about Willow but not till it cools off in the fall.
Cat delete, headers, x pipe, 4.0 Whipple @ 29.5 PSI, dual MSD boostapumps, Accufab throttle body, race gas, splitter, rear wing, 19x9.5 and 19x12 CCW's and Hoosier A6's- radared at 173 on the front straight last November. The Cobra club (COCOA) has a great event around the first of November Saturday and Sunday lots of track time, very well run and usually cooler but not always..
Wwabbit
GT Owner
Superb! You should fab up some kits when you get it the way you want it.
Also, you may want to stick with distilled water, so as not to deposit on the radiator and reduce effectiveness.
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BlackICE
GT Owner
Fubar
Totally ****** Up
You might consider using boost from the manifold to pressurize the tank (one less motor to deal with). Then you could put the tank in the back and keep your massive trunk space for important things, like a hand towel and toothbrush (or a bottle of NOS). Just throw in a check valve in the line and make sure the tank is sealed.
That is a great idea because I have a hose from the manifold up there already, it is used to feed manifold pressure to the MSD Boostapumps, I only up the voltage above 20 PSI. The Boostapumps prevent having a liner there so it isn't a big deal to put a tank in since I can't use the space. The car has not been on the street for over a year so no need for any storage.
I can barely handle what I have, NOS is out of my league.
I lied about the boost (typo) it is only 26.5 pounds and I run 105 Sunoco Unleaded bought by the barrel, It seems to work well so I haven't tried leaded fuel.
Apropos of nothing, just a comment.
As an engineer, I find this thread to be really cool stuff. It's great to see people sharing their thoughts, approaches and various solutions. I would think it's a great help to Hubbster, but also anyone else spending time on the track. Certainly gives me food for thought for future adventures,
I thought it really neat how many guys responded, and so rapidly, to this thread.
This is what this Forum is all about.
Great input guys.
As an engineer, I find this thread to be really cool stuff. It's great to see people sharing their thoughts, approaches and various solutions. I would think it's a great help to Hubbster, but also anyone else spending time on the track. Certainly gives me food for thought for future adventures,
I thought it really neat how many guys responded, and so rapidly, to this thread.
This is what this Forum is all about.
Great input guys.