[JimMueller]

I took my daily driver to a little road race practice course today. Each lap was only a minute and I'd stay out there for only 5-10 minutes. The first session I just wanted to work on tire temps, then I let it cool down. I actually logged the second session and have some questions.

Water temp: I live in Florida, so I run 100% distilled water with maybe 1-2 bottles of water wetter. After 7 laps, I noticed the coolant temp was at the 3/4 mark so I brought the car in. The scan tool later revealed the temp had peaked at 244*. Isn't that a bit warm? Solutions?

Brakes: In the front I have standard C6 calipers, Trackbrackets, DTC-30 pads, new standard C6 rotors. In the rear I have Powerslot rotors and HPS pads. All stainless lines and using SRF fluid. While it didn't have a problem stopping, the pedal became easier to depress and started grabbing hard closer to the floor. I didn't like the feel of this, how do I remedy it?

The log also shows it was pulling 4* of timing on all WOT sections. I bet I have a knock sensor code (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

[JimMueller]

Yes the air deflector was on during the track session that started this thread. The lower baffle was completely missing, and the modified upper baffle was allowing air to come up from direct in front of the condenser to the air filter. The replacement baffles are completely unmodified.

I don't have any non-OEM gauges or monitoring equipment installed. I would like to run the equipment to monitor oil psi & temp, but it seems like doing everything at once, including the cooler, adapter, lines, fittings, etc, would prevent me from having to re-arrange things later even if it's more up-front cost. How can I install a manual oil pressure & oil temp monitoring solution on the car as-is?

This post has been edited by JimMueller: Apr 14 2011, 01:06 PM