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      07-22-2008, 07:47 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by longodj View Post
No way man, I got it down to an art. I remove the engine underpanel, jack the car up between sessions (full front up on jack stands), put a water biased mixture into the coolant tank, and run it like hell. If I'm lucky and it's had a while to cool down, it'll last till the checkered in a 20 minute session. Friday I had 6 30 minute sessions so I did 13-15 minutes on track, pulled off for about 2 minutes and left the car off and then went back on until checkered. .
Are you at all concerned about the long term impact of those elevated oil temps on the long term durability of the machine?

I love the 335 but I find it ridiculous that a new $45k sporty car doesn't have adequate cooling capacity to handle sustained track use.
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