Here is the final results:
It's worth noting that every other driver was a professional race driver - Tarzan Yamada came in 3rd on there.
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What kind of cooling are you running? Oil cooler, radiator? Stock thermostat? Has heating been a problem during the build?
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It is running the ducted AVO oil cooler and our upgraded radiator. The thermostat is stock.
While the setup of the AVO kit has much less impact on heat compared to other kits, even from stock the car will run hot when being tracked heavily as our has been.
Some key points to keeping it cool -
1) We kept all the bumper ducting at the sides of the radiator to make sure all the air flows directly to the radiator. We've even sealed it up a bit more to ensure that, and we made sure the radiator edges were sealed off as well.
2) When we first fit the front lip spoiler for the track, our temperatures dropped even further. For this race it was pushed out more, and temperatures went down again. So the lip spoiler is very important for pushing the air up and through the bumper, increasing the cooling effect.
3) Fitting the oil cooler and the upgraded radiator both helped as well. Even on a stock car, they drop the temperatures quite a bit when doing extended runs at the track.