I have a 2006 BSP tC, and with the hot weather keeping steady, and summer right around the corner, I was wondering what people do to prep there cars? Like keeping them cool, or helping them run through the hott weather? I already have a CAI, but thats it.....Any suggestions, or thoughts???

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Next month I will be hitting the track in Rosamond, CA. Expecting temperatures to be between 92-96 degrees F (how does your s/c tC run?). I know water/methanol injection would help with cooling, however, I won't have enough money for something like that because it also requires tuning.

The only thing that I have heard of that I could do to help with radiator boiling points is to use Redline 'water wetter'

Any other suggestions would be great...

 

Well I dont have an s/c tC, and I was talking about performance upgrades, and what not, But ill take a look at that (water wetter) also! Thanks

Anyone else have input on this??

 

Not much; the car is made to handle the heat.

However, it does help to avoid leaving the AC running while idling or running the car for hours and hours on end without a "break" in really hot weather.

Not so sure about the second part, though... thinking about it, it shouldn't really matter since if you're driving, then there's airflow through the radiator.

However, the tires and other parts will heat up and don't have the luxury of a dedicated cooling system like the engine.

 

You don't need to do anything. If your cooling system is working properly, then it will do it's job.

 

Bleed the air out of the cooling system. Follow the procedure in the FSM.

If you want to go one step farther, you drain the system and put in distilled water with a bottle of super coolant like MoCool or Water Wetter.

Beyond that, underdriving the water pump with a pulley set from NST will definitely help keep the pump from cavitating at high rpm.

Our race car stays cool at 100 F plus with NST pulleys, straight water and super coolant, and the bottom grill piece removed. We also run the high pressure TRD rad cap which increases the boiling point.

What is an issue based on our datalogging is the temp of the P/S fluid and the engine oil. Run the P/S fluid at the lowest acceptable point. It will boil over like mad. Also make sure you're using a good sythetic oil like Motul. We're seeing 280 F on the P/S and 260 F on the oil.

 

Come on out to Buttonwillow the weekend of the 9th and watch the race. You can see our car and see what needs to be done to keep the car cool.

 

WOW way more then id thought id get, info wise....THANK you all, your info will help out alot!!! Thanks again!

 

Make sure you get your oil changed and all the fluids checked out before it gets to hot, also put a good coat of wax on it and get the weather visors so you can have your windows cracked even when you arent in the car