First autocross today. EVERYTHING overheated.

[5.2 VooDoo]

OP, doesn't sound like were completely disappointed with your car...sounds like you rung it out pretty good up until the end on a fairly warm day...sounds like it did OK?

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[Side_Pce]

Sounds like a dealer visit is in order. Document, Document, Document. They have lemon laws for a reason. The more people go to the source and report the problems to Ford, the less posts I have to read from from firestarter2 about how dumb Tech owners are. Oh, and a possible fix from Ford.

 

[firestarter2]

I can talk for my self. Radiators dont work if the car is sitting in the sun after a hard run and AutoX speeds arent generally that high.

OP are you ok with how the car performed. Did you open the hood between runs or no time?

 

[jhols]

At least with the gt's if you don't hold the brake pedal down while turning off tc/advanced track you will get the warning. It doesn't say to but everyone does it and we don't have that problem. Try that next time.

 

[superman07]

without the additional coolers the transmission heat might have of built up and contributed to other areas across the entire car. Was it ever in the shade?

If your coolant was high were you able to do any cool downs between runs? Some folks have replaced thermostats.

Never seen the advance track one, brake temps?

good luck friend. hopefully we will get some kind of cooler option before the year ends.

 

[nastang87xx]

I can't comment on anything else but the brakes and the Advanced Track...

My Advanced Track went on the fritz on me once at autocross but hasn't happened since. It also happened to me on my previous S197 as well before. The most runs I've done in a row with the 350 was 8 during some test runnnig, 3 for me, 3 for a guy who wanted to give it an out and then 2 for another guy (both are National champs so they know how to milk a car). Back to back to back, etc. On the last run, the guy said that the ABS was getting squishy. I was puzzled as I though it would be able to take more but he had a point on something: we were riding her HARD and three of us are more aggressive drivers and unlike a track day or road course, the speeds just simply aren't fast enough to get the brakes to cool down. It's go, brake, go, brake, go. We all know that autocross has a lot more going on so I'm kinda not surprised.

 

[nastang87xx]

At least with the gt's if you don't hold the brake pedal down while turning off tc/advanced track you will get the warning. It doesn't say to but everyone does it and we don't have that problem. Try that next time.

^^This. Or I've gotten a little impatient before and I tried to go for the TC button while I was depressing the brake and it didn't like that either.

 

[lemers]

I can talk for my self. Radiators dont work if the car is sitting in the sun after a hard run and AutoX speeds arent generally that high.

OP are you ok with how the car performed. Did you open the hood between runs or no time?

Maybe he should have gotten the "AutoX package" if he was going to use it at the AutoX.

 

[Tank]

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.

See this thread- contains info on turning off the piped in engine noise....
http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61884

 

[Mustang_Scotty]

My base never has any issues because it just sits in my garage

 

[lemers]

My base never has any issues because it just sits in my garage

Weather, impractical in the city, or Garage Queen?

 

[Mustang_Scotty]

Garage queen but really haven't had time.

 

[Ultimateone]

Is this the rally team BaconMotorsports from NH?

 

[Zitrosounds]

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...

Reads like you are going to need coolers for your AMPS as well! ; ) all jokes aside, it is obvious, heat is bad mm K! I own a Track pack and still wont track the car in the hot summer days. I hate the heat!

 

[VOODOO 6G]

I bought a tech pack car as well. While I doubt I'll do any auto crossing with it I would like to take it to a few open days at the local road race facility. That being said I'm a little disappointed to hear that a Shelby GT350, R, Track Pack, Tech Pack, or Base can't go out and take a days beating without issue. I love my car (although I've only put 150 miles on it) and am not bashing them I'm just surprised to read what I've read.

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