But they run a lot of aero so that will counter the affect. Not everyone wants to run that level of aero even more so if you drive to the track.

 

Without a hood that vents this air, virtually any setup will escape under the car...

 

Too many pages to read. Why don't you post your exact setup at the time of the datalogs and the datalogs in this thread? It looks like you have run multiple setups on the car.

 

Im in for this as well.

 

Don't want to turn this into more needless bickering but guess you didn't read my entire statement. I'm fully aware my car is a street car and the difference between tracking and street driving. I clearly stated that there is a car with my setup that tracks and has zero for issues. But neither of us have v-mounts so the information is irrelevant since OP wants info on them.

OP I have a build list from when I was going to make a v-mount. C&R is where I was going to get most of my parts.

 

You did say there was a guy in town that tracks that kit, but that's pretty much all you said. If he's slow a balls, he's not pushing the limits of the cooling system, which in itself make it irrelevant.

 

Slow he is not.

 

It's relative... Is he knocking on the door of class lap records? If not... SLOW.

 

Isn't how fast (lap times) not even necessarily indicative of a well functioning cooling system, at its limit? I mean, take car A with at some power level that makes some lap time, and car B that has less power but posts the same time. An argument could be made that car B is just as fast because he has higher speeds in the turns, notably due to some variable other than power (aero, tires, suspension) that lead to that time right? And even with the lower power level, car B's water temps are higher than car A's. My point is the most accurate measure (I'm asserting) of whether the cooling system is working "sufficiently" well is how it takes to repeated, long, WOT runs? That's what we're after right, by talking about tracking? We don't even need to address turns (tracking) as that doesn't necessarily deal with power/cooling, i.e. heat, i.e. the subject at hand.

I feel like the only way we can all truly measure, log, and share how well our systems work is by going WOT from say 20-100-20 over and over again. The point being WOT to redline is going to introduce the MOST amount of heat, and by doing so repeatedly we're truly testing the ability of the cooling system to shed heat, heat upon heat, upon heat. No need to bring how fast the person is (lap times). With temperature data and relevant modifications (vented hood, fans, intercooler/radiator configuration, dimensions of said parts, etc) maybe we can actually start talking with facts and not assumptions and "they said this" or "I heard this". Sure, having a V-mount will give the best chance of lower water temps, not arguing that. But some guys (like me) don't have that option due to cost, turbo configuration, or whatever. Do you NEED a v-mount? I don't know, and that's where we can start answering questions like that for the betterment of everyone with data. Again, the data doesn't lie

 

That is the reason I referenced classing.