[Shotimes] Running an ATX Car on the Track

[Donald Mallinson]

Alan,

If you are talking about the cooler that is in the drivers front area 
just below/behind the radiator, that is about 6" square with a U shaped 
tube running through it, that is the Power Steering cooler.  There is no 
factory Tranny cooler other than the one in the radiator.

Thunderhill was an extremely hot day, but more importantly, there were 
three extremely long straights, and over 350 feet of elevation change 
PER LAP.  This led to more tranny problems than usual.  I ran a cooler 
on my '96 and had zero problems.  I just had my Ford dealer (a good 
dealer) install a mid-sized tranny cooler.

Be sure to change your fluid before the event, fresh fluid works 
better.  We try to keep sessions to 15-20 minutes to prevent overheating 
of brakes, tranny's.  Memphis is a flat track, with about a 1/2 mile 
straight, but the way back is more low speed, so tranny and brake 
cooling should be better there than at many tracks.

NOTE: that you can do BOTH the track event and the RACE ON NASCAR style 
driving adventure.  We are still taking entries into the RAce On event 
through the end of this month.

More questions?  you can ask me direct if you wish, or post on the list.

Don Mallinson

Alan Fanning wrote:

>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?
>
>    Alan
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