John,
I'll do my best to answer, but keep in mind I'm not much of a mechanic.
The 160 thermostat was put in because my mechanic knows I'm hard on the car and was aware that my motor got hot last time at Pocono.
Does that Water Wetter really work? I was thinking about using some of that stuff.
If my temp had stayed at 210, I think I'd have been OK. But it continued to push past that, and I quickly brought it in before it got high enough to cook the motor. I pushed coolant out the overflow, so it definitely got too hot. And I was definitely b*tchslapping it, and she liked it!
My car doesn't have an
oil temp gauge or
oil cooler. Only a pressure gauge. The pressure was fine. But I'll definitely give it an
oil change (which sucks because my oil was changed 2 days before going to Pocono). I'll probably have to get a temp gauge. A very nice guy there (who took my garage when I left) was running a race prepared '68 'Vette. He showed me his Griffin aluminum radiator, which had an integral oil cooler. That looked like a nice set up.
My car has one huge fan on the radiator. I guess it would be called a "puller". It blows air towards the back of the car, towards the motor. It is wired to the ignition, and therefore runs as soon as you turn the key. It was that way when I got the car, and we haven't changed it yet.
But like I said, before it overheated, it was really running well. So I've got a lot to look forward to for next year.
Strangely enough, I ran like crap at yesterdays' autocross. The car just felt so different, and I had a tough time mastering the course. Oh well, I had fun sliding around.
My wife is a big Joe Gibbs racing fan, so she was happy as a pig in sh*t yesterday.
Steve
Hybrid Mode
