Originally Posted by
jdeadman
So Further to our discussion about heat. I pulled the motor out and cleaned it and re shimmed it properly,
Removed the Timing ring and re geared the car 4.84
1st Qual 5min Came in at 100 Degrees F TQ time as well
2nd Qual Handed it over to a Noob who was there to watch and I watched the car for how it was pitching around the track.
That time came in at 90 F
10 min A Main - After looking at the time sheets My Car was slower than the fastest guys but having TQ meant I ran exceptionally clean in the first run
I ended up Winning that race and the Motor only got to 120F
So not that the motor is working good again I will start upping the Gearing to see where the limit is
Very nice. Glad to see things cooling down finally.
FYI my motor was running at 160 no timing and a 85 degree ambient air temp when I was running a 4.0 FDR. If you are going to get to the 4.0 invest in a cooling fan. I use the dual cooling fan (in pink
) from 3racing. I can run a 3.7 on full timing and only get to 120.