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Is anyone running an upgraded oil cooler? From my research and same issues running at Njmp Lightning/thunderbolt its all from high oil Temps and running in a higher gear and shifting at 5500 resolves the issue. Very annoying bc you can't derive the full potential of the car drives me nuts. I haven't run logs yet but once past 250 is where issues occur, shutting down on track is not ideal
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My assumption based on I was able to shut the car down mid session on lighting bc oil Temps were def above 250, but I never took time see how high it went, too focused on driving like a mad man for no reason. |
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Not that there is any black magic going on but y'all should see how the F8x S55 cooling system works. One traditional water pump, driven by its OWN separate accessory belt. One electric water pump, that is manipulated via driving mode on top of driving behavior. Their oil cooler is also like 3x the size of ours. Track oil temps on their cars literally get to 210F and go nowhere, apparently.
With the redundancy going on there I'd believe there's an aerospace engineer at BMW M except they put the oil cooler under the radiator and is often punctured. Anyone closer to results with a big OC and modified cooling tables?
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Dredging up this thread with an update:
Ran at Watkins Glen on a warm-ish day (high 70s) and had two (out of four) sessions cut by power loss, both times in the exact same area, Turn 6, after about 20min of driving. Managed to slowly get back to the pits, cool down and go back out, but having the power just disappear like that was quite disconcerting. I had coded the "engine power reduction to prevent brake overheating" feature out myself the week prior, so it didn't seem like that was the issue. I double-checked and verified this when I got home from the track the first night. Removed my AA tune and went back to stock, and did not have any problems the following day despite running faster laps. Spoke to people at the repair shop at the track about this, and their conclusion was the same, that the engine probably got hot and started pulling timing and the tune was not helping the situaiton. Will hopefully get a revised tune and test it out at Watkins again in Sept. |
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This probably got mentioned somewhere in this thread, but before hitting the track, I turn on my heater at its highest setting, with all vents closed except for side vents pointed at the opened windows. This helps reduce coolant temperature by a notch, and may help to keep you out of limp mode.
This in addition to the BMS oil bypass thermostat, has worked for me...
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Just a note to other N51/N52 guys, you can fit an oil filter housing from an N52 from an X-model car, or from an N20 car (dime-a-dozen today), it has a water-oil heat exchanger that really helps keep oil temps stable and low on track, and warm up faster in winter. I recently tracked my car on 2x 90-ish degree days, and oil temps never crested 240, and there was never a limp mode code. I was pushing the thing, too (6.8k shifting), all with 175k miles on the clock
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When y'all are loosing power is it a consistent loss of power, or does it happen sporadicly? And are any warning lights showing up on the dash? The last three times I've been at the track I'm experiencing a sudden loss of power either coming out of a turn or after I have shifted in a straight away. It lasts for about three seconds or so then all the power is back. The car feels as if its gone into limp mode for a few seconds but no lights come on the dash. The problem has been progressively getting worst, but it has also been significantly hotter outside. So I'm wondering if its some sort of fail safe due to higher than normal oil temperatures or if I'm dealing with some other issue.
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I used to think this was happening because I don't have a LSD because it also happens coming out of turns. But now that its getting worst as its getting hotter outside I'm thinking its temperature related. |
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I've managed to et my oil temps never exceeding 255* and keeping coolant temps under 210*. IAT's on the other hand, I believe, are an issue. I'm guessing there is a failsafe in there for high IATs. With two tiny turbos and hot track days, temps are likely going over 140*. Sometimes I'll shift and it just bogs down, almost no boost. It'll stay that way for a few. I can cool down for a few turns, hit it again, boost is back, but shortly after it'll die down again. This often happens with no codes at all. Either meth injection to cool intake air temps, an IC sprayer, coding out whatever this possible failsafe is, or upgrading to a small single turbo that generates WAY less heat than the stock twins.
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Post shift bog could also be some of the issue. If rpms rise while switching UP gears (you didn't lift all the way off the gas) then requested torque flat-lines post shift. A tuning solution is supposedly in the works for that specific shift bog. With a lightweight flywheel I find this happens very frequently/easily when I try to shift fast. |
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I keep forgetting to data log on track. Anyone have experience with or think a vented hood helping? Otherwise I have been contemplating wmi
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This is just conjecture, but I'd imagine that IATs of most NA cars are pretty damn close to ambient. There may be a slight temp rise as the air passes through the intake and filter in the hot engine bay, but likely no more than 10ish degrees.
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