07-10-2020, 05:25 PM | #43 |
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JTRATX, yup the links are from the ZLE and the bushings are stiffer.
Needed with front lower control links 84051643 / 84051644 'Ball Joint' Nut 11516382 2ea 'Pivot' Bolt 11610915 2ea 'Pivot' Nut 11516078 2ea Bolt/Nut torque 74lb-ft + 90-105deg Ball joint nut torque 30lb-ft + 120-135deg I got this from another thread: On the ZL1 1LE "handling upgrade system" (PN 84352119), you only need the FEA front lower control links (84051643 / 44). All FE4 cars built after around January 2017 have the upgraded bushings in the rear knuckles. I checked the part numbers of the 84352119 kit and the only thing that was different between the kit and stock for mine was the front lower control links. So what you need is dependent on the year you have.
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07-24-2020, 06:58 PM | #44 |
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Circuit of the Americas
I participated in a COTA after dark last weekend. The first of five sessions started at about 4p. It was a lot of fun, but later on a couple of the corners were pretty dark......so turn-in points were difficult to keep consistent. Those corners ended up being quite slow as a result, lol.
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07-24-2020, 07:46 PM | #45 |
Glowing brake pictures are awesome!
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07-24-2020, 08:19 PM | #46 |
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Hell yea!!!
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07-25-2020, 03:40 PM | #47 |
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I was surprised. I'm running stock pads and add the SS large brake deflectors when doing track days. Yep, makes sense why the rotors crack after a while. (yeah, it looks neat!)
Edge Addicts does it every year. It starts late afternoon and ends up close to midnight. Definitely worth doing again, IMO. This year was really dark as it was a new moon and the light clouds made for some great pictures around sunset.
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09-09-2020, 04:45 PM | #48 |
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Transmission Cooling Improvement?
It's been quite hot here in TX, so I've been thinking a lot about cooling. One of the things I thought might help, can't hurt right, was to open up the exhaust vents for the aux trans cooler in the belly pan. I did not change the profile on the lower edge. It looks purposeful and I'm sure some flow engineer spent quite a bit of time optimizing the shape for, hopefully, optimum flow.
OE opening on right and 'enhanced' opening on left. I opened them all It'll be tough to quantify any improvement.........
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09-09-2020, 05:17 PM | #49 |
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Major cooling improvement, not yet
Longer story here: https://www.camaro6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=581044
Short version: I bought the Weapon-X "Triple-X" heat exchangers with the plan of installing only the two aux (SC intercooler & radiator) pieces and hopefully sell the main intercooler to a drag/roll racer. The aux exchangers have basically the same ability to remove heat as the OE units, they increase Weapon-X touts comes from the tank capacity. OK for drag but no benefit for HPDE. I did not install any of it. HOWEVER I did put in a 174F thermostat, not the 160F because my car is not tuned. I've seen ~6-8 degrees cooler when cruising. I've got a track day coming up, so I should be able to see if there is any improvement. Pulling the front off of the car to just change a thermostat was a little excessive, although I could do it much quicker next time.
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09-09-2020, 06:26 PM | #50 |
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Nice project you have going there.
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09-10-2020, 06:57 AM | #51 |
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09-11-2020, 07:34 PM | #52 |
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Just like you Gen5 build thread, Excellent!
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09-12-2020, 07:31 AM | #53 |
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09-13-2020, 02:19 PM | #54 |
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Transmission service
I've got four track days coming up so I serviced the transmission. It had 12.5 - 13 track hours on it, so it was ready. While there, I swapped to the ZLE pan (24298919) with the shorter pipe. Changed fluid and the filter. The 2020 has a different filter than the earlier ones, ACDelco TF937 or GM 24294355. The fluid was a nice clean red color without any burnt smell. The filter was clean also, just a small amount of material on the magnets which is to be expected. Overall, GREAT!
My hand pump starting leaking quite a bit about halfway through, so I don't know exactly how much fluid actually went back in. I'm thinking about 6 qts, I went through 7. Stephen12ZL1 measured his and it's 7 qts with the ZL1 pan. The difference in tube length is ~ 1/2"
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09-13-2020, 03:07 PM | #55 |
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I was unaware there was a different pan on the ZLE. Glad they addressed the need for this on the A10.
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09-13-2020, 09:43 PM | #56 |
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Yeah, they reduced the capacity on the ZLE. Counter intuitive
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