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Team3S Digest
Monday, August 16 1999 Volume 01
: Number
259
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Date:
Sun, 15 Aug 1999 17:23:21 -0500
From: "Ian Marks" <ianmarks@earthlink.net>
Subject:
Team3S: Team3s: 1st autorcross - techniques?
Just got
back from my 1st ever autocross (in any car). From my 1st run
to my last I
cut ten seconds off my time. Many 911's and BMW's there. One of
the quickest
was little Plymouth Neon.
Being a short and very twisty
course I have some questions on tactics.
My best times happened when I
thought my technique was the worst - skidding
and chattering around the
skidpad. With the AWD should I just damn the
torpedoes and plow straight
through the turns using the power to claw around
the corners? I also thought
I should have let some air out of my tires as
well.
Any
thoughts?
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Ian Marks
'94 RT/TT
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Date:
Sun, 15 Aug 1999 16:53:23 -0500
From: Merritt <merritt@cedar-rapids.net>
Subject:
Re: Team3S: Team3s: 1st autorcross - techniques?
At 05:23 PM 8/15/99
-0500, Ian Marks wrote:
> Just got back from my 1st ever
autocross (in any car). From my 1st run
>to my last I cut ten seconds off
my time.
Very good.
One of
>the quickest was little
Plymouth Neon.
Musta been an SCCA autocross. They love to cater to little
shitbox cars.
> Being a short and very twisty course
I have some questions on tactics.
>My best times happened when I thought
my technique was the worst - skidding
>and chattering around the skidpad.
With the AWD should I just damn the
>torpedoes and plow straight through
the turns using the power to claw around
>the corners?
Yes. Not
sure about "plow" but you have the right idea.
I also thought I should
have let some air out of my tires as
>well.
Chalk the tires
to see if you are rolling the sidewalls under. If so, pump
up the
tires.
If not, let air out.
>
Rich/old poop/94 VR4
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Date:
Mon, 16 Aug 1999 02:40:49 EDT
From: MitsuVR41@aol.com
Subject: Team3S: 95
VR-4 with Glow in the dark turbo! Oil pressure problem
too!!!
Okay, it's 2:30 a.m and I took the 95 Vr-4 for a lil
drive. I am
experiencing two major problems! When my car heats
up, the oil pressure will
only make it to the firs big bar on my oil
pressure guage at full throttle.
The oil pressure is perfectly fine
when the car is cooler. Is this because
my Mobil 1 10w30 oil sucks, or
could this be tell tell signs of my
intercoolers going
bad? Second
problem is, If I do 1/2 mile
accelerations, my rear turbo glows bright
enough to light up my firewall
area!!! Is this normal ????
This makes me very nervous, I've allready had
to have the turbo lines
resealed.
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Date:
Mon, 16 Aug 1999 09:39:29 +0200
From: "R.G." <robby@freesurf.ch>
Subject: Re:
Team3S: 95 VR-4 with Glow in the dark turbo! Oil pressure problem
too!!!
>Okay, it's 2:30 a.m and I took the 95 Vr-4 for a
lil drive.
Hey, others sleep at this time, hehe
> When my car
heats up, the oil pressure will
>only make it to the firs big bar on my
oil pressure guage at full throttle.
>The oil pressure is perfectly fine
when the car is cooler. Is this because
>my Mobil 1 10w30 oil sucks,
or could this be tell tell signs of my
>intercoolers going
bad?
This has absolutely nothing to do with your intercoolers for sure.
In my
point of view, 10W30 is not heavy enough. As an example, in summer
I'm
running 10W60 and winter 0W40 and the needle is below the normal mark
only
at idle in any time. Our engines are somewhat hot and the oil needs to
be
higher rated, and not only the 10W30 told in the
manual.
>accelerations, my rear turbo glows bright enough to
light up my firewall
>area!!! Is this normal ???? This makes
me very nervous, I've allready had
>to have the turbo lines
resealed.
And why had the turbo lines to be resealed ? A problem should
be solved and
this sounds like a symptom had been cured but the problem still
exists. My
turbos only glow a little (13G) and I just think that the oil
pressure and
ultra-hot turbo are pointing to the same problem.
This is
what I'd do : Do a good engine flush to free up some paths and lines
in the
oil system. You may have clogged oil lines from the turbo due to the
low temp
oil that got burnt in the turbo. The turbo is maybe full of old,
burnt, oil
and this heats up like hell. Do you also see the water temp
rising a little
?
Hope this helps,
Roger
93''3000GT TT
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Date:
Mon, 16 Aug 1999 08:03:59 -0700
From: wce@bc.sympatico.ca
Subject: Re:
Team3S: 95 VR-4 with Glow in the dark turbo! Oil pressure problem
too!!!
Ditto Roger's advise on the oil flush. Our turbos cook the oil,
even if it is Mobil 1
(imagine what fossil oil would look like). Alos
be certain to idle down before shutting
off your car. This is a major reason
for oil cooking in the turbos and turbo lines. The
flush (use a real good
one) should help out in my estimate. Also, if you park at home
inside a
closed garage, get in the habit of popping the hood when you shut off (after
at
least a minute idle down) to help cool it off. A closed hood is a pressure
cooker with
these cars.
Best
Darc
R.G.
wrote:
> >Okay, it's 2:30 a.m and I took the 95 Vr-4
for a lil drive.
>
> Hey, others sleep at this time,
hehe
>
> > When my car heats up, the oil pressure will
>
>only make it to the firs big bar on my oil pressure guage at full
throttle.
> >The oil pressure is perfectly fine when the car is
cooler. Is this because
> >my Mobil 1 10w30 oil sucks, or could
this be tell tell signs of my
> >intercoolers going
bad?
>
> This has absolutely nothing to do with your intercoolers
for sure. In my
> point of view, 10W30 is not heavy enough. As an example,
in summer I'm
> running 10W60 and winter 0W40 and the needle is below the
normal mark only
> at idle in any time. Our engines are somewhat hot and
the oil needs to be
> higher rated, and not only the 10W30 told in the
manual.
>
> >accelerations, my rear turbo glows bright enough
to light up my firewall
> >area!!! Is this normal
???? This makes me very nervous, I've allready had
> >to have the
turbo lines resealed.
>
> And why had the turbo lines to be resealed
? A problem should be solved and
> this sounds like a symptom had been
cured but the problem still exists. My
> turbos only glow a little (13G)
and I just think that the oil pressure and
> ultra-hot turbo are pointing
to the same problem.
>
> This is what I'd do : Do a good engine
flush to free up some paths and lines
> in the oil system. You may have
clogged oil lines from the turbo due to the
> low temp oil that got burnt
in the turbo. The turbo is maybe full of old,
> burnt, oil and this heats
up like hell. Do you also see the water temp
> rising a little
?
>
> Hope this helps,
> Roger
> 93''3000GT
TT
>
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Date:
Mon, 16 Aug 1999 17:52:58 -0500
From: Merritt <merritt@cedar-rapids.net>
Subject:
Team3S: Ground Control Qs
My mechanic took one look at the Ground Control
kit and had three questions:
1. Do these little bitty Iebach
springs go inside those great big front
springs or do they replace them? (I
was wondering the same thing).
2. OK, so we lower the car one
inch. What are the new alignment settings?
(apparently, some spring
mfgs are kind enough to supply such information
for lowering a car). Or is it
same as stock?
3. How do I adjust the rear alignment? (He's worried
that when it's
lowered one inch, there'll be too much camber back there, and
he's not sure
he can adjust it out).
I've looked at what passes for GC
documentation, and I can't answer his
questions. I've started dumping pages
off the shop manual CD-ROM, but I
haven't found any answers in there (yet),
either. We may be putting these
puppies on this week, so:
Anybody got
any answers?
Rich/old poop/94 VR4
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