In addition to the fun track day on Saturday I also took the car autocrossing in San Diego with the SCCA CAM crew on Sunday. As usual the SDR has a good turn out of CAM cars.
Its always great catching up with folks and doing a little bench racing in the pits.
And they always eat well. Richard setting up the BBQ.
Hot pits at SCCA never looked this good.
Video of my best run. I wasn't on my best game (came in 2nd) but I was having fun!
And the standings at the end of the day. Tom destroyed us this past Sunday. I was still happy with my 2nd place as I ran my best time on my last run which always makes me happy when I'm at an autocross.
It was a great weekend for me and the car. A track day in two back to back weekends as well as two events back to back Sat & Sun. I drove the car over 400 miles attending events this weekend, beat on it so hard on Saturday that it thought it was taking a Sunday drive on the autocross and only pulled out tools once for 5 mins to diagnose a loose fan wire.
LoL. I have a ton more seat time and I still barely beat you when you took your car on the track the first time. Yeah I don't think you have anything to worry about...
If you're after additional cooling, hood vents made a very noticeable difference on my car by dropping water temps about 15 degrees. After adding the oil cooler I was able to drop temps another 15 degrees. On a hot day, my car runs about 175 on the freeway and 195-205 on the track.
If you're after additional cooling, hood vents made a very noticeable difference on my car by dropping water temps about 15 degrees. After adding the oil cooler I was able to drop temps another 15 degrees. On a hot day, my car runs about 175 on the freeway and 195-205 on the track.
That is my primary goal, enhanced cooling on the road course. Any aero benefits will be a bonus.
Right now I don't have a problem with coolant temps. Last outing with 95* and sunny day I was seeing a max of 210 coolant. However, I still see high oil temps and I'm hoping better hood venting will help everything all around.
Were those temps the Camaro and adding the Anvil vents? Do you have a hood with undercarriage or just the top layer only?
I'd put them where water won't soak your belt, wiring, headers, etc.. This is a mod I think every performance muscle car could benefit from. New cars evacuate under hood heat much better.
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
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Short clips: Goodguys Pleasanton autocross and pit videos
Chad's Camero
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