idrathergolf Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 SAAC Northern California is putting on another track event at Thunderhill Raceway in Willows on October 15th and 16th. I just signed up and I am wondering who else on TS is going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali_KR Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 SAAC Northern California is putting on another track event at Thunderhill Raceway in Willows on October 15th and 16th. I just signed up and I am wondering who else on TS is going. If it was a Sears or Laguna, I'd be all over it, but Thunderhill is a haul... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobrakidz Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 I am still on the fence...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idrathergolf Posted September 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 I am still on the fence...... Hope you can make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch40 Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 I’m a possible. I should know by next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMcGuirk Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 Florida vacation with Tricia, otherwise I would be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idrathergolf Posted October 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 I had a little trouble with cooling at Thundehill. In the afternoon sessions I was overheating. Lost a lot of coolant through the coolant tanks as the 16PSI caps were losing pressure. During one session I saw the water temp gauge (stock) peg out and then go back to normal levels after I backed off. I had to pull off the track and call it a day after that happened; bummer. Not sure what the problem was but the car is going to the shop to check out the engine, exhaust, brakes and and suspension to check out any issues after a hard day at the track. Because it got hot I will have to change some of the fluids. Anyway, anybody can guess what the issue could be? I have a stock radiator so that may be the weak link and problem. I was thinking a possible cracked head gasket but the car made is home fine (3 hour drive) without any issues. I checked that the fan was running as well and that was ok. A very odd symptom I also observed was that the right side of the exhaust appeared to be blowing exhaust at a higher temp than the left; weird. What I will definitely do this week is replace the stock radiator with a C&R radiator and get some gauges in the car. I definitely want to know the water temp, oil pressure and fuel pressure in the future when running hard on the track. I don't care too much about the boost and I will rely on the stock gauge for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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