Yeah I agree that's. Bugger fan def has a place in the cooling stack. For street driven cars, in traffic....for cars at the track, in between sessions.
Where I can't seem to figure out if there's any value is mid session. I.e. would it help with 1 of 2 things:
1) stay out on track for longer...
This isn't a bad idea, but 1) it's going to take me a couple of weeks to get to the track 2) 0W to OEM 800W fan impact won't necessarily tell us enough about the 800W to 1000W upgrade. and 3) i'd still like to understand the science/theory from those who are more knowledgeable than me.
This...
Point still stands though. The fan isn't really adding any meaningful incremental air flow at track speeds. So i'm just trying to understand if there's another use case, or if the logic i'm using is faulty
Is there any on-track benefit to having a bigger fan? I'm trying to understand what i'm missing here. Once above 60–70 km/h, the volume of air being forced through the radiator is orders of magnitude higher than what even a 1000W fan can provide.
So heat soak recovery between sessions aside...
Have a few parts ready to go on.
Sameh has unsurprisingly been a little tricky to get a hold of, but the shop (Element) was able to step in and help me there because they have an existing relationship with him. So should be getting it done in the coming few days.
My wheels should also...
295s are too wide for 10" wheels. You'll end up with pinched sidewalls, sloppy steering, uneven tire wear etc....
I'll be running 295s with 10.5" wheels and that's really going to be at the limit
interesting that you should ask that now....Verus just uploaded a video on instagram yesterday i believe explaining how the diffuser works harder with "dirty" air, even if the the overall downforce isn't as good due to not having a flat bottom.
I have the hardrace inserts. Can't really tell on...
Got some work done before my track session later today
Subframe inserts are on. Subframe didn't need to be completely dropped. No incremental NVH...i say incremental because i already have motor/trans mounts on. Nothing changed NVH wise, but can't comment on whether they'd add any NVH from an...
Thanks guys. I'm sure it's just my mind playing tricks on me. Will still weigh when i can just to get that monkey off my shoulder, but i'm not gonna think about it for now because you guys are probably right that it's the EU one
That does indeed look identical. But then the next question I have is....then are we sure that the one that phd is selling and that weighs a claimed and combined 3.3lbs for both side is the same as the EU version? I know I'm just eyeballing it for now (will def weigh), but damn that does look a...
Ok so checked the radiator bracket setup on our cars here. This isn't my car (just somebody's getting worked on), but it's going to be the same as mine. This doesn't look like either the US or EU one. It's aluminum, but this absolutely doesn't look like it weighs 1.5lbs per side. Doesn't look as...