track crew: describe your cooling system please
 

I've been reading lots of hype from miata.net today, so please fill out this form:

Car
NA or NB:
whp/wtq:
which turbo:
radiator brand and thickness:
intercooler size:
oil cooler?:
AC condenser?:
shroud on the front?:
undertray?:
coolant reroute?:
fan model:
which shroud?:
scooper?:
hood vent?:
mods to bumper?:

track stuff
track location:
ever overheated?:
highest ambient temp where overheating did not occur:

I havenet tacked it yet, but I do drive hard and...
Car
NA
whp/wtq: 220 hp ish
which turbo: Garrett T3 off a mercadies
radiator brand and thickness: Stock
intercooler size: 18x12x3
oil cooler?: none
AC condenser?: yes
shroud on the front?: no
undertray?: hacked stock one
coolant reroute?: no
fan model: stock
which shroud?: none
scooper?: no
hood vent?: TSI's
mods to bumper?: None

The turbo is oil cooled only.

My coolent never goes over 210 degreesm in 95 degree weather of hard driving. Oil never goes over 225. Im sure a long track session would start to overheat it, but hard driving on the street doesent.

Car
NA or NB: NA
whp/wtq: ~180ish
which turbo: Greddy tdo4h
radiator brand and thickness: stock auto brass
intercooler size: large starion
oil cooler?: yes, big one
AC condenser?: no
shroud on the front?: stock
undertray?: yes, most of it anyway
coolant reroute?: no
fan model: stock
which shroud?: stock
scooper?: no
hood vent?: yes, two slashes above the back side of the turbo right on what used to be the hot spot.
mods to bumper?: no

track stuff
track location: usually SMP Abq, NM 5000ft/sea
session length: anywhere between 5 minutes to an hour.
ever overheated?: Not while moving.
highest ambient temp where overheating did not occur: right around 102

NB
N/A
Stock cooling system

TEXAS nuff said

Car
NA or NB:NA
whp/wtq:??Greddy@7 PSI
which turbo:Greddy
radiator brand and thickness: Generic Auto all metal replacement
intercooler size: Track Dog Racing standard size
oil cooler?:need one, will be purchased this month
AC condenser?:installed
shroud on the front?:Yes
undertray?:Yes
coolant reroute?:No, the BEGI non-race reroute will be purchased though
fan model:Stock
which shroud?:TDR standard
scooper?:
hood vent?:No
mods to bumper?:Rats Back racing Lip

track stuff
track location:MSR@Cresson and Harris Hill
ever overheated?:On >1 Hour Highway trips it'll start getting warm if over ~85-90
highest ambient temp where overheating did not occur:I don't recall, 100-105 in traffic with no overheating

I'm going to do the BEGI coolant reroute sometime this month http://www.bellengineering.net/produ...roducts_id=299
Every time I park the car during the summer, I can hear the radiator boiling over. I think the bottom of the manifold is heating the coolant line under it.

What is your setup going to be?

Chris

Not sure. I have a 2" coolradiator.com piece, 24-row bar and plate oil cooler, and coolant reroute. I plan on shrouding the front and keeping the tray. I also have the begi scooper but don't want to use it because I'll have to cut my r-pack lip for it. I'm also considering hacking the bumper to get more air in there like the AIM-tuning car.

I forgot, I also have a 16psi cap.







I generally take the approach of solving problems as they happen, if they happen. Enstead of guessing and throwing a bunch of money at a problem you may not actually have. Overheating on this car hasn't really been much of an issue.

I agree with BenR. Use what you have now and run it. Most people don't need the big ass Koyo's.

Chris

I don't want to spend any more money, but I think my intercooler is too big and I'm going to be stuck hacking the bumper. I'm going to do some fiberglassing on the stock mouth to hopefully get some air around the intercooler and into the radiator, but seal everything off so the air is forced to go through both heat exchangers. I still haven't seen anyone do that other than aimtuning...who needed a larger opening than stock.

I love this shit. Everyone here says this, which I believe, then everyone on miata.net says you have to buy a $500 radiator and $400 shroud with fans.

I don't see how air coming through the intercooler is so super heated that it can't cool water in the radiator.

It's your money and your time. You can always come up with excuses to not make forward progress toward your goal if you let yourself. I don't think anyone here expects you to actually turbo your car and track it at this point. :hustler:


:fawk:

I'm living in a hotel, 1000 miles from home currently. This car will roll the tires soon enough.

Get off the internet and turbo your already shit. You won't know what works for you and your car at your tracks untill you do it. If you gotta hack shit then hack it, when it's actually necessary.

Living on the road sucks, and I understand you're probably just trying to kill time and overthinking shit because you can't actually turn wrenches. But if you're able to make 10+ trackdays a year, you can just skip one and get your car done.

Last year was great because I was working 3 hours from home, close to Hallett. I lived out there last year. Now I'm in Illinois, have an engine on a stand in Dallas with boxes and boxes of shit, and you're right...nothing to do out here but chase women and think about shit that's not important. I'd like to take a week off, build my car, then take it to "Miatas at Hallett" for its first track day...but that's 4-hours away and I'm not so sure that I'll make it home.

I really wanted to go to Hallett and rape then spit on everyone this year. I told myself last year that it was a good, conservative goal.

NA or NB: NA
whp/wtq: 200ish at 10psi(track boost)
which turbo: t25
radiator brand and thickness: godspeed (who fuckin knows???)
intercooler size: srt4 (24x6x3??ish)
oil cooler?:NOPE
AC condenser?: NOPE
shroud on the front?:NOPE
undertray?:NOPE
coolant reroute?:NOPE
fan model:FAL 1600cfm
which shroud?:NOPE
scooper?:NOPE
hood vent?:NOPE
mods to bumper?NOPE:

track stuff
track location:Ft Sask. Alberta
ever overheated?:NOPE
highest ambient temp where overheating did not occur:30C(highest its been, can go higher)

Last year on stock radiator and fans, I overheated at the track. This year with Godspeed and low profile fans I have overheated parked.

The culprits seem to be the A/C and lowprofile fans. Without the A/C condenser pumping heat into the radiator, it is fine at any speed. The lowprofile fans don't seem to do the job that the OEM ones did at low speeds and stopped..

It's not just that it's higher than ambient after passing through the I/C, it's also not getting the same CFMs. The air just doesn't have the same velocity behind an I/C or AC Condenser.

Chris

I dont understand it either.

I never overheated on my 92 with the huge fricking Starion i/c covering the whole mouth in TEXAS HEAT. And that's according to the heat sensor on my old link so it was being monitored.

Run what you have and see how it goes.

OG... Could you elaberate abit on the slim fans? You said the OEM fan dose a better job pulling air then those fan you had? What is the flow rate on those Slim fans?