Denver Thread

[BlackZeda]

So I love my Z and to me it feels like a fast car even at altitude, but in the summer heat performance suffers badly. So far this is what I have done to try an mitigate this:

- 19 row oil cooler
- Vented hood

Now I am willing to take the next steps to hopefully get the Z to cope much better this summer, but I would like to get feeback on my options:

- Larger (more rows) oil cooler
- CSF Triple Pass radiator
- Stillen G3 CAI OR Stillen Supercharger

Would anyone have a any other options that I haven't thought of, or of the options I have presented are there any pitfalls I should look out for (especially for the CAI or Supercharger)?

[futurez]

Originally Posted by BlackZeda

So I love my Z and to me it feels like a fast car even at altitude, but in the summer heat performance suffers badly. So far this is what I have done to try an mitigate this:

- 19 row oil cooler
- Vented hood

Now I am willing to take the next steps to hopefully get the Z to cope much better this summer, but I would like to get feeback on my options:

- Larger (more rows) oil cooler
- CSF Triple Pass radiator
- Stillen G3 CAI OR Stillen Supercharger

Would anyone have a any other options that I haven't thought of, or of the options I have presented are there any pitfalls I should look out for (especially for the CAI or Supercharger)?

If you have not had a custom tune yet I would recommend getting one and have them lower the temp the electric fan kick sin. That will help make a pretty big difference, kept me at pretty consistent 180 temps unless I'm driving hard. not sure if a CAI or supercharger will help keep your car cool... I have a GTM supercharger and do not seem to run any cooler. If you are concerned about temps, a larger oil cooler, radiator or even a different front bumper would make the most difference. After my Stillen front bumper my car went from 180's to 150's-160's pretty consistently, 180's is i am driving hard. Hope that helps!

[SurfDog]

Originally Posted by futurez

If you have not had a custom tune yet I would recommend getting one and have them lower the temp the electric fan kick sin. That will help make a pretty big difference, kept me at pretty consistent 180 temps unless I'm driving hard. not sure if a CAI or supercharger will help keep your car cool... I have a GTM supercharger and do not seem to run any cooler. If you are concerned about temps, a larger oil cooler, radiator or even a different front bumper would make the most difference. After my Stillen front bumper my car went from 180's to 150's-160's pretty consistently, 180's is i am driving hard. Hope that helps!

MAC Autosports in Parker charges about 600 bucks for a Dyno tune and about 200 for re-tunes (if you do more breather mods later) Watch you OIL temps before you invest in a bigger oil cooler. the goal is to keep temps below 250 or so. Unless you are hitting those kind of temps I'd consider Other mods first. (Like Gen 3 CAIs). Also up here watch your brake temps and definitely bleed in some DOT 4 brake fluid (like RBF600). The thin air keeps our brakes hot a long time!