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Originally Posted by AVOturboworld
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.
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. |
Nice to hear! I know it's not avo but after logging temps from my first 2 hpde events I went with mishimoto oil cooler, koyo radiator Perrin hoses and added water wetter to the Subaru blue mix. At track my water temp doesn't hit above 195 and I have an apt splitter so it's definitly getting airflow.
I'm curious about this extra sealing you did. Any pics?