Olythekid 0 Report post Posted June 3 Woohoo! So I ended up with an ex-champcar 80s 635CSI with a smokey engine, found a co-driver and registered for the SLC race. I understand it's far from a competitive car, but I'm just here for the free BBQ. What is your experience with these boats. Do I need a trans cooler? Diff cooler? Oil Cooler? … or these things will run all day long? Any special fluids to at least finish the first day? 😅 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakks 387 Report post Posted June 3 Talk to RaceBar guys. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
enginerd 4,722 Report post Posted June 3 12 hours ago, Olythekid said: Woohoo! So I ended up with an ex-champcar 80s 635CSI with a smokey engine, found a co-driver and registered for the SLC race. I understand it's far from a competitive car, but I'm just here for the free BBQ. What is your experience with these boats. Do I need a trans cooler? Diff cooler? Oil Cooler? … or these things will run all day long? Any special fluids to at least finish the first day? 😅 Can’t go wrong with fresh redline fluids in engine / trans / diff. Also, at a minimum you should replace the water pump, all belts, timing belt / chain, spark plugs. I think a 635 could be extremely good with the right prep. Far more power than an e30 and less points. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TiredBirds 786 Report post Posted June 4 Why wouldn't a 635 be competitive? In any event as mentioned, do your generic maintenance. I’m guessing it has been lightened? If not get as much weight out of it as you can. Then go have fun. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theblue 772 Report post Posted June 4 have a spare everything. things will break and you won't be able to find parts. At the glen event recently a newer team needed rotors and ended up driving hundreds of miles for some used ones I heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olythekid 0 Report post Posted June 8 Oh yes, Redline. Forgot about these guys, good call thank you. I hear you, a spare of everything would be nice off course. Not going to happen for me starting on a budget with a brand 'new' car. How many brake pads and rotors are you burning every event? How about tires? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hanz and Franz 8 Report post Posted June 9 Where are you located? I have anti smoke additives for M30's. Seriously, get a good checklist, arrange tasks in order of medical necessity. You can complete 14 hr on one set of tire and brakes. Read and re read the rules about all safety items, make sure you can get through tech! Roughly the order should be brakes, rebuild all the calipers, if the brake fluid looks anything like tea replace the master/reservoir too. New stock rubber hoses ( get all six of them). There are cool (and necessary) bronze caliper mount bushings from Turner etc. Use Brembo or ATE rotors, Hawk HT10 pad. Next would be suspension/wheels. Service/inspect the front wheel bearings, you can get a seal off one side and look, if the red rust has started get new FAG bearing, if not push some fresh expensive grease into them. Replace all four front control arms (forget about coolers, spend money here). Not much to the rear other than make sure nothing is loose, and CV boots are intact. Next would be fluid systems, yes Redline gearbox and diff. Buy a pressure tester for the cooling system and use it. Crank sensor harness routing and lower radiator hose interference with water pump pulley should be carefully inspected. Improper radiator mounts and collapsed engine/trans mounts contribute to the hose issue. Replace the alternator mounting bushings! Watch the fan blade, bent or broken is bad for water pump life, and it is still readily available. Next would be, shifter and bracket bushings, throttle pedal bushings (real fun with a cage), throttle cable, should all be replaced. Maintaining soft stock style engine/trans mount and exhaust down pipe to transmission bracket will improve reliability. That horse is a winner with the right Indians riding. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olythekid 0 Report post Posted June 9 I'm located in Elko, NV. Made a checklist out of your recommendations, I'll start chipping away at it. What is the anti smoke additive you are using? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hanz and Franz 8 Report post Posted June 10 The anti smoke additive is valve seals or piston rings, if you were closer I would supply an engine. Valve seals leak under idle vacuum, rings smoke under wide open throttle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
red0 6,340 Report post Posted June 10 On 6/2/2019 at 11:29 PM, Olythekid said: Woohoo! So I ended up with an ex-champcar 80s 635CSI with a smokey engine, found a co-driver and registered for the SLC race. I understand it's far from a competitive car, but I'm just here for the free BBQ. What is your experience with these boats. Do I need a trans cooler? Diff cooler? Oil Cooler? … or these things will run all day long? Any special fluids to at least finish the first day? 😅 A 635CSI can be made very competitive, winning races in this series with that car is doable. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Team Infiniti 14,015 Report post Posted June 10 Being a already built ex-champcar, i bet a bunch of the suggested stuff has already been done, personally, I would look it over before replacing everything. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hanz and Franz 8 Report post Posted Tuesday at 12:39 AM On 6/9/2019 at 5:22 PM, Olythekid said: I'm located in Elko, NV. Made a checklist out of your recommendations, I'll start chipping away at it. What is the anti smoke additive you are using? Do tell us the results of the three or four things I listed. What are we betting Ed? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4CGM Chris 277 Report post Posted Wednesday at 07:33 PM On 6/8/2019 at 12:24 PM, Olythekid said: Oh yes, Redline. Forgot about these guys, good call thank you. I hear you, a spare of everything would be nice off course. Not going to happen for me starting on a budget with a brand 'new' car. How many brake pads and rotors are you burning every event? How about tires? Redline for sure. Frozen rotors for brake rotors and PFC-08 pads. We go a full season of 5 weekends on a set of rotors and two weekends on pads. (E36) one set of tires a weekend on the old zII. Bring 2 sets in case you need them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
