i need a radiator

[tosha]

another ecoboost user here did ducting, trackspec vents, and a oil cooler and didn't last the whole 20 min at road america.

Is there a picture of his bumper by any chance? Curious what he used as a grill for that side oil cooler

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[GTP]

I refer you again to Post #9.

Guys, stop focusing on hot air. The oil cooler is the primary solution.

My car (GT) has steady 228F CHT with no additional hood venting, though I opened all the upper and lower grille cells. But I have nearly 100kBTU oil heat rejection with big oil cooler and the OEM water/oil cooler.

I have an Ecoboost friend that literally lives around the corner from me, so we will see where is the best place to locate an extra oil cooler.

 

[EFI]

I went with De Witts radiator - https://www.dewitts.com/. Top notch quality and flow. Here are some side by side comparison pics with a PP1: https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/ewheels-road-course-build.123490/post-4113692

That thing is massive

I assume no fitment issues in the engine bay with the larger unit. Do you have any installed pics? Also are there any provisions on the front of the unit for a trans cooler?

 

[ihasnostang]

Is there a picture of his bumper by any chance? Curious what he used as a grill for that side oil cooler

+1 oil handles 70% cooling if it's AT lots of heat transfers to engine as well.

I would pick easiest try removing fake hood vents and see what logs say. Theres so much room in EB engine bay airflow through the bay out the back of bay is not an issue.

A turbo blanket would likely help a lot.

i don't think a turbo blanket would hold up good on the track, or be good for the turbo. maybe for daily they are fine.

 

[S550HPP]

i don't think a turbo blanket would hold up good on the track, or be good for the turbo. maybe for daily they are fine.

Oil cools the turbo and ONLY 100% natural gas derived 10W40/50 synthetic can handle the heat just let the engine idle for few min after the run.

Need a good blanket though.

 

[ihasnostang]

unfortunately i don't have any data from recent my track outing at a different track. i didnt't bother to check which parameters i was logging. i also forgot to bring my sd card adapter for my infrared brake sensor. i have fired my data acquisition engineer.

Removing hood insulation maybe helped a little. After giving my hood a good look over and finding at least a dozen small chips, i'm more open to doing louvers. What kind of router bit do i need to open up the grille?

I am still debating about switching to a larger turbo that i already having laying around( .87 AR vs .81 exhaust side). the exhaust housing is HK30 cast stainless, so maybe i could also get away with a turbo blanket.

I also bought some embossed aluminum sheeting that i might try and make some sort of heatshielding from the downpipe flange to the start of the cat. I still need to find some ceramic wool (?) insulation and the ambition to do it over the winter.

Also still interested in an oil cooler.

 

[SBR70.3]

unfortunately i don't have any data from recent my track outing at a different track. i didnt't bother to check which parameters i was logging. i also forgot to bring my sd card adapter for my infrared brake sensor. i have fired my data acquisition engineer.

Removing hood insulation maybe helped a little. After giving my hood a good look over and finding at least a dozen small chips, i'm more open to doing louvers. What kind of router bit do i need to open up the grille?

I am still debating about switching to a larger turbo that i already having laying around( .87 AR vs .81 exhaust side). the exhaust housing is HK30 cast stainless, so maybe i could also get away with a turbo blanket.

I also bought some embossed aluminum sheeting that i might try and make some sort of heatshielding from the downpipe flange to the start of the cat. I still need to find some ceramic wool (?) insulation and the ambition to do it over the winter.

Also still interested in an oil cooler.

100% recommend Race Louvers for your application. Install is not difficult but it is a lot of "measure 50 times, cut once). A decent angle grinder will work. Their instructions are more than adequate.

I put a set on my tracked 2019 GTI and have had zero issues with temperatures, even tracking it in 95 degree weather. I also go 100% and am usually in the fastest 3 drivers of the day.

An oil cooler will questionably be effective because they are usually mounted in front of your cooling stack (intercooler and radiator) and will superheat the air going through those 2 parts.

The Race Louvers will significantly improve air flow through your IC and radiator, which is really what you want.

 

[ihasnostang]

the average was 227 with a spike to 247 at or after the end of the lap. i tried my best by picking out corners by the throttle trace. what's next after a radiator; hood vents or oil cooler. i will probably try and open up the upper grille

i imagine the turbo and head-intergrated exhaust dump a lot of heat into the cooling system.

follow up after this year. I added @GTP hood vents, along with a larger turbo and a turbo blanket. i DID NOT get around to opening up the grille honeycomb. Not only were the temperatures more stable, but according to the datalogs, it was making ~80 more hp/tq than the stock turbo, but it also had less falloff over a lap. Both were on E70 pump fuel, although this year i mixed in a little fuel factory E85 to get it a couple points over e70. i believe both events were around 55F, and i still used defrost on full power. you can see in the laptimes i only went for 1 hard lap in this session because there was a stalled car on the outside of turn 1, but i did get over 135 on all laps on the front stretch. maybe i am giving it optimal conditions for a torture track, but i'm happy where it's at for my summer daily.


stock turbo in 7th
Start of lap: 300hp/330tq
finish lap: 300hp/310tq


NX2 turbo in 7th
Start of lap: 388hp/410tq
finish lap: 380hp/410tq

went 7+ seconds faster than last year.

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