Yes, that is pad smear, so you guessed right that you just overheated the pads.This is what my rotors and pads (top ones in the picture) look like after 2 track days with stock pads.
Pad material is embedded in the rotors and pads look glazed. These were my first track days ever so I’m probably being too rough on the brakes I’m guessing, must be over heating the pads? Also this was with traction/stability control left on so that may also be contributing.
I'd run the VSA fully off. The car feels a fair bit faster through corners with it turned off.This is what my rotors and pads (top ones in the picture) look like after 2 track days with stock pads.
Pad material is embedded in the rotors and pads look glazed. These were my first track days ever so I’m probably being too rough on the brakes I’m guessing, must be over heating the pads? Also this was with traction/stability control left on so that may also be contributing.
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I don't have the gold tape anywhere. I just moved to TX so I need to revamp my cooling system. I added the hood vents and will add some thermal tape/wrap on the oil pan and downpipe. I'm also installing a turbo blanket. However, I'm not expecting to solve the issue, just mitigate a bit further.
I don't daily my car anymore and yes, I cut the hood myself. It's a PITA tbh, but it's a cheap mod that should be effective. I don't think you would have any issues with rain.
As far as i know, that secondary radiatior did not help much (USR tested it).
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They elected to block off the top front grille and drilled a new one below it (on the bumper) and make two vents on the hood. Racing photos look the same as promo pic below (click on photo to enlarge). The "Type R" logo on the top front grille is actually a piece of plastic with grille pattern printed on it.Thanks for the response. So if you don't think youll be able to completely fix the cooling issues, what are your long term plans for the car? Will you just continue tracking it for fun and make improvements to the cooling where you can? Does it bother knowing it may never be 100% mitigtated? I wonder what the Type R racing teams in the TCR series do to mitigate the cooling issues for their races.
Thanks! Interesting though. There must be a lot of measures under the hood to deal with the heat. I know they run pretty close to stock HP numbers, but they beat on them lap after lap with no issues presumably. I am very curious to know what they did under the hood now.They elected to block off the top front grille and drilled a new one below it (on the bumper) and make two vents on the hood. Racing photos look the same as promo pic below (click on photo to enlarge). The "Type R" logo on the top front grille is actually a piece of plastic with grille pattern printed on it.
More: https://www.autoblog.com/photos/honda-civic-type-r-tcr-race-car-sema-2018/#slide-1305268
I had the same thought. If you look at the typical temperature drop of tens of degrees by using pure water + water wetter/super cool/whatever additive, then it seems like it would go a long way toward solving the overheating problem. I personally hesitate to do it because I don't track the car often enough to want to leave it with pure water and the corrosion issues that may lead to, long term.This has probably come up already but if so, I haven't found it: has anyone tried running straight water only in the cooling system, rather than a 50-50 mix with anti-freeze? Or a reduced mix, say 80% water/20% antifreeze? Water dissipates heat better than the antifreeze/water mixture. All of the overheating issues are reported on hot days when there is no chance of freezing.
I know antifreeze may supply some lubrication to the water pump, etc., but is pure water a track-day only option that might help with heat soak, limp mode and the other ongoing maladies the engine is reported to suffer on hot track days? Or, would all water and adding a bottle or 2 of Water Wetter supply the needed lubrication and also further reduce engine temps?
Apart from theory, has anyone tried this? I am interested in theory too but sometimes experience shows the theory is incomplete, misleading or simply wrong.
Just got my Type R and I am headed to my first track day this Monday and it's going to be hot.
Yes, and it made little to no difference down here once ambients were hitting 90+ (and to be honest it was going limp mode even when it was mid-80s) when all else was stock. Given my location, I don't run antifreeze in any of my vehicles (except tow vehicles since they live outside). This is obviously a little dependent on driver as well as one person's 10/10ths might be a light load for the vehicle compared to another driver. As others have stated around the forum with varying degrees of success, in the end it just seems to be a conglomeration of heat mitigation mods that stack up to help.Apart from theory, has anyone tried this? I am interested in theory too but sometimes experience shows the theory is incomplete, misleading or simply wrong.
I've been meaning to reply to this but had to wait until I'd visited the Nürburgring. My son was desperate to go so we visited earlier this week on the way back from European driving trip. It was a warm evening (28 degrees), we were 4 up with luggage and I had the air con up high, but I wasn't going that quickly (probably around a 9:40 full lap). The temperature gauge was near the top half way round the first lap - was quite surprised by this.Agreed with your first point. Regarding the Nurburgring, that is such a fast track that the radiator and intercooler of Honda's record-setting car was fed plenty of cool Bavarian air versus some of the guys overheating on more technical (lower-speed) tracks in warmer climates.