DDMotorsports Redline Time Attack Round #2 Results!

M.Bonanni · 06-02-2009, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by travisjb

- Power steering... do you think changing to higher boiling point fluid would help at all? can you re-use your old mishimoto oil cooler core as a bigger power steering core? Also, I added +1.0 caster recently... I suspect with the added caster and reduced airflow from oil cooler placement, I'm going to start having the same issue... troubling, power steering pumps are not cheap

A better fluid might help, but I don't see it helping that much, especially if you go with a wider tire up front than stock. I don't think it needs anything the size of an oil cooler though. Despite the boiling fluid, the steering felt fine and there are no noises or anything coming from the pump.

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Originally Posted by travisjb

- Brakes... do you think it would be different if you had ample ventilation? we're going to try and get some ducting going in my car with same setup to try it out... I had serious brake fade as well last time out, but I'm going to work the air flow first before doing more upgrades/ swapping parts

Ample ventilation would help a bit but I don't think overheating is the cause of my issue. There wasn't any fade or soft pedal, just felt like the pad lost grip. It actually felt more like tire lock up, but I know it wasn't tire lock up since there was no smoke/noise/smell, and the car has ABS. Maybe even a vapor issue that can be solved with a slotted/drilled rotor.

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- GTSPEC brace... did you ship mine yet ?

lol, I haven't heard anything from GTSPEC that they are back in stock but I will check tomorrow.

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- LSD... I'll post thoughts on the carbonetic after this weekend, if we can get the car ready

Anxiously waiting!

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- Fuel starvation! it is finally clicking... I had this issue a while back (first track day thread) and thought it was just limp mode, but it didn't feel the same... I now realize I must have had both limp mode AND fuel starvation impacting that day... happened on banked turn at PIR... there must be several ways we can fix this... prob deserves its own thread for discussion, if there is not one already

I will let you do the honors of starting that thread sir.

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