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Originally Posted by Stielow
Hot Rod cooling. Fun topic. First off I want to give a disclaimer…..this is what worked for me.
Also 90% of people do not need to harden their cars this much because you don’t beat on them as hard as I do. Many times I’m asked to take someones car out on the track to see what it will do and I over temp their car. Even if the owners never had an issue. ...
A car has two parts to it, track capability and track durability. Capability is lap time, maybe one lap. Durability is how long it can do it. ...
I have been fighting cooling issues for years. Most aftermarket products were designed to cool vehicle that cruise around or do occasional drag racing.
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+1 on everything Mark said. Doing track days and now amateur racing for 15+ years now, thermal management is maybe the most under-appreciated aspect of ultimate performance.
You will notice that the "customer" field on the drawing Mark included is not him. It's me - because I got in touch with C&R and asked them to duplicate Mark's setup on Hellfire, and then they included additional feedback on the design from Mark himself based on Gunner. I would highly recommend that if you're chasing the ultimate in track capability, you get in touch with the C&R folks. Extremely knowledgeable and competent. Not cheap compared to off the shelf systems that aren't up to the task, but very high value for what you get.
And to Mark, loving the thread and learning something all the time. I have a kind of Hellfire Jr. LT4-based remake of my car near completion - and a lot of it is just directly copied from what I learn from your builds. Thanks for sharing.