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Recent content by 67Fast_V

  1. Min Bump Travel Recommendations

    Thanks for sharing your experience. Interesting that manufacturers are engaging the bump stops that intensely. I guess they don't worry about controlling or specifying a roll stiffness once travel exceeds a certain amount. I haven't figured out the bump steer yet. Need to make a gauge and...
  2. Min Bump Travel Recommendations

    Setting up my suspension for track and some street use and wonder what others are running for bump travel (static ride height to full compression travel). I have about 1.45" of bump travel in the front before it gets into the jounce bump stop pretty hard (shorty FP jounce bumper).Using the...
  3. Rear Brake Cooling Options

    Should be a lot better. 255 PS4 to 305 RE71R's front tires alone should go along way. Plus 52% stiffer front springs and 2 degs of additional negative camber up front. Going to be a different car. Looking forward to seeing how close I can come to my previous car lap times. Likely a few...
  4. Rear Brake Cooling Options

    Glad it's been working for you. That's great. Wish I could say the same. Nothing has worked, actually. Stock 2020 PP1, A10.1st event, overheated the engine, oil, and diff. The only thing that didn't overheat was the A10. Only ran 2 sessions.2nd event over heated the engine and oil...
  5. Rear Brake Cooling Options

    Good to know, Bob. Thanks for the tips and for sharing your experience. Those pads look great compared to mine. Literally had one end near metal and the other at 0.310" (new is 0.385"). Shocking amount of taper.I agree with you. Likely a combo of overheating and low temp OEM pad just...
  6. Which rear sway bar?

    Sorry this is an old post but a very interesting discussion. Not the bickering part, but the behavior of Bnight's GT when he added a much stiffer front roll bar and reduced the understeer. The problem I have is .... I believe you, ... so what gives??When you stated that a stiffer front roll...
  7. Rear Brake Cooling Options

    :thumbsup: Good to know.
  8. Rear Brake Cooling Options

    Thanks for the input, JAJ. Unfortunately I don't have the Info3 packaging on my car, so the "Track" features are not available. I have wondered if I could pay Ford to install the track software w/o the larger display, etc, so I could have the track features. But for now, OFF is it. Never...
  9. Rear Brake Cooling Options

    Hi Folks - just wondering if anyone has incorporated more active rear braking cooling on GTs and whether that is needed. 2020 stock PP1, A10.I took out my OEM rear pads after ~5 good sessions. Pretty even wear down almost to the backing plates. Granted it just OEM, so can't expect much but...
  10. High CHT at the Track. Normal??

    @S550AZ - thanks for the two cents. It does seem that mine is heating up faster than most, if not all. Now why ... I don't know. The stock cooling is not adequate but why only 2-3 laps ... and not 7-8 laps like most. I still have the t-stat to check and I will go back over everything. Hood...
  11. High CHT at the Track. Normal??

    Sorry guys, I didn't mean to start anything here.@bob - great advice, thanks so much for sharing :thumbsup:. I will dig and find your mods and take a close look. Thank-you. Great Forum to share. Makes life even more special. My experience was GT is motor on the 1st ever session and then...
  12. High CHT at the Track. Normal??

    Thanks HB for the feedback. Car is pure stock except for 5w-30 Mobil 1, SRF brake fluid, exh wrap on the pipes near diff, and 75w-140 diff fluid. Belts are fine, all new. Water pump is moving fluid the best I can see when the t-stat opened after replacement. Coolant level has not changed...
  13. High CHT at the Track. Normal??

    Only have had the car for 4 months. It's a low mileage '20. CHT was fine on the street for 2 months and then on my first track event, I ran 2 laps and was done. 250F+. Limped along for 2 more sessions and took it home. Pulled the OEM thermostat and found it to be defective (bypass was wide...
  14. High CHT at the Track. Normal??

    Good info JDee, Thanks. I'm surprised the rain water doesn't get on the coils and such and cause an issue. But I guess it's hot enough to where it evaporates and/or sealed well. Getting water on a running engine is certainly not ideal but there are worse things. My big issue is cutting the...
  15. High CHT at the Track. Normal??

    Thanks Jdee/Ewheels. Good advise 👍. I just don't know if I can do that emotionally 🙁 ... and the darn rain in south FL. I would need to put some kind of catch pan under it and duct the water out. And remove for the track. A lot to think about. Have only had the car for 4 months. Get out...
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