I've done two convention track days with my 93 atx. Neither time did I
have trouble with puking fluid. You will notice the shifting get sloppy
before it would be puked out of the case. When that happens to me, I
just take it easy for a couple of laps. Honestly, if your trans is in
good shape, you should be fine. A combination of a worn trans,
increased horsepower, and high ambient temps caused my trans to get
hotter than I wanted at Putnam. If you are worried, you can install an
auxiliary cooler in line with the stock piece. That being said, I have
a B&M stacked plate cooler sitting in the garage without a car to put is
in. You can have it for $25 plus shipping.
The cooler that you have is stock. There is also a loop inside the
radiator. Do not bypass either of these if you add an additional
cooler.
Mike Bruce
93 a/mtx ;)
-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Alan Fanning
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 3:07 PM
To: SHOtimes
Subject: [Shotimes] Running an ATX Car on the Track
I'm considering whether to sign up our '95 ATX for the track day at the
convention. One of the issues I recall hearing about at Thunderhill was
ATX
fluid temps getting so high that the fluid was puked out of the tranny.
I"m game to put a tranny cooler on the car, but when I look in front of
the
radiator it looks like Ford put one there for me already. Is that a
standard
ATX piece of hardware and, if so, why the problem with fluid temps on
track
days? Is it just not adequate?
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