First autocross today. EVERYTHING overheated.

[Baconmotorsport]

Thought you guys might like to hear about this. Now... granted, it was literally 95° today. This was my first time out with the car. My brother and I were dual driving in the same run group. On hoosier A7. We have done a lot of autox, hillclimb, rally, etc over the years

1. Care goes into limp mode for my brother after 10 straight runs in the morning. 75-80 second runs mostly in 2nd gear

2. "Advanced track needs service" illuminates for me on 2 of my four afternoon runs. Abs pump to hot to touch

3. Coolant over temperature message for my brother on his last afternoon run. I skip my last run.

I have a tech pack car but I still decided to upgrade the stereo. The amplifier is mounted in the spare tire well.
It was so hot the amp overheated and shut off on the ride home. I was listening to talk radio.

The biggest thing I took from the day was how drastically quiet it was in the car when the amp shut off. With the radio off I guess the car still pumps fake engine noise in so there is no way to shut it off. With the aftermarket amp overheated there was zero output from the speakers. Maybe 1/2 the engine noise in the car. Interesting...

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[JN66]

Thought you guys might like to hear about this. Now... granted, it was literally 95° today. This was my first time out with the car. My brother and I were dual driving in the same run group. On hoosier A7. We have done a lot of autox, hillclimb, rally, etc over the years

1. Care goes into limp mode for my brother after 10 straight runs in the morning. 75-80 second runs mostly in 2nd gear

2. "Advanced track needs service" illuminates for me on 2 of my four afternoon runs. Abs pump to hot to touch

3. Coolant over temperature message for my brother on his last afternoon run. I skip my last run.

I have a tech pack car but I still decided to upgrade the stereo. The amplifier is mounted in the spare tire well.
It was so hot the amp overheated and shut off on the ride home. I was listening to talk radio.

The biggest thing I took from the day was how drastically quiet it was in the car when the amp shut off. With the radio off I guess the car still pumps fake engine noise in so there is no way to shut it off. With the aftermarket amp overheated there was zero output from the speakers. Maybe 1/2 the engine noise in the car. Interesting...

Hmmmm...that last bit is interesting. I wonder how I can turn that off always.

And the rest of it makes sense to me. My car overheats in 20-30 minutes on a fairly regular drive on an up mountain hwy. Welcome to the ass-blast Sir.

 

[Baconmotorsport]

As a point of interest. There was another gt350 track pack car there today as well. Well driven but only a single driver. No issues

 

[JN66]

As a point of interest. There was another gt350 track pack car there today as well. Well driven but only a single driver. No issues

That is normal. I was at a road track with two other regular GTs. No issues either. We are the special ones

 

[firestarter2]

How big a break inbetween? How does auto X work with 2 drivers I want to bring my women.

 

[Baconmotorsport]

Minutes

 

[EF300]

At this point none of this is a surprise regarding a tech pack car except maybe the brake thing. That's strange.

 

[firestarter2]

The car radiates heat im curious why.

 

[Rogue]

I didn't even read the post but the title screams "I bought the Tech Pack".

 

[montreal ponies]

I didn't even read the post but the title screams "I bought the Tech Pack".

So why did you even reply in the first place . :doh:

 

[montreal ponies]

How big a break inbetween? How does auto X work with 2 drivers I want to bring my women.

Don't you worry about anything, you have a track pack car !

 

[firestarter2]

Don't you worry about anything, you have a track pack car !

Yeah well if you read his post some of those issues arent related to the additional coolers.

I assume the coolant message would happen on a track aswell

 

[Shift]

How big a break inbetween? How does auto X work with 2 drivers I want to bring my women.

Are you planning to bring your whole harem? :lol:

 

[Baconmotorsport]

As far as the fact that I bought a tech pack goes... well... I am aware of the situation. Please note that my post contains no rants or complaints but simply states the facts from the day.

 

[lemers]

Don't you worry about anything, you have a track pack car !

Another heat thread; another chance for Firestarter2 to let Tech Pack owners know they "bought the wrong car" :frusty:

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