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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw
I had a long look inside my engine bay and making a duct for the post-intercooler air won't be easy - the A/C's plumbing is right behind the IC and there is no easy way to move it aside  |
Maybe you could build a duct with plumbing left inside? Or maybe a deflector for the air to move it away from the engine?
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My mechanic is replacing my brake rotors and pads, everything got rusted out from lack of use Hopefully I'll see better coasting once he's done. Or maybe I should remove my brakes to save some weight? The front rotors weigh like 6-8kg each!
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I'm hoping that's a joke about removing brakes...
I know it's heavy but if you want to save some weight you should buy ceramic brake rotors they are much ligthter, rust proof and 20 times more expensive
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I got 10 minutes under the car while I was at the mechanic's so I started to insulate the oil pan. Only the front for now, if I don't have any problems with overheating or with the foam over the summer, then I'll add more before winter starts.
It is a rubber foam, 3mm thick, used for sound deadening. The specs say it is good between -40 and +105°C, the guy at the car audio store I got it from says that 90°C would be a better safety margin. But he also said that it is not flammable, so if it gets too hot then it'll just melt. We'll at the end of summer.
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Nice! Oil temp shouldn't go above 90C to often but... Take a look there from time to time... I think 105C is slightly too low for an oil pan. But... With your style of driving that should be just fine. We'll see in the Summer
