Hello everyone, my name is Pablo. Well, I wanted to discuss a topic that honestly drills into my head. I am a fan of the FK8, and my goal is to have it as a car for tracks, events, and circuits. The problem arises when I searched the forums and found that the FK8 has overheating issues on the track, of course, the English run with almost 40 degrees of ambient temperature… To what extent is this weakness of the car a problem… because I’m even considering looking at the FK2, which I haven’t seen anyone complain about overheating in any forum. Ultimately, what I don’t want is to make the entire investment for a car that, even with many mods, still has the problem on the circuit… Please help me!!!
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I believe that this is a common problem for everyone, or almost everyone except for the very specific ones, street cars that are regularly used for track racing. Obviously, the higher the ambient temperature, the worse it gets.
Surely the parts market offers solutions like higher capacity radiators, oil coolers, etc… I know several people who do track days with different car models, and in the end, they all end up going through that.
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Even so… I have read people in forums saying that after combining everything and improving the entire cooling system, they still say it keeps overheating and the problem is not resolved.
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There are solutions. (Edit) Sometimes we insist on improving cooling with “accessories,” and really, if you don’t expel the hot air, it doesn’t matter what you do. You gain more by removing the hot air than by trying to cool with the heat inside unable to go anywhere.
And incidentally, modifications not as radical as in the TCR that can be helpful.
Morrillu: but as usual, it’s neither easy nor cheap…
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Everything depends on how much you drive; if you’re just going to take a few laps without pushing to the limit, I don’t think you’ll have problems. It’s when you’re aiming for times and doing consecutive laps that it struggles to dissipate all the heat. If you enter at 30 degrees or more, you can be sure you’ll need to cool down, but it’s something that will eventually happen with all cars when entering the track.
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