First track day at brands - got the bug!

[dannyg1983]

I did my first track day today at brands in my cossied e30. Had a really good day but had a few problems.
-Over heating: I had to turn the boost down to 0.6bar to stop it from over heating! Apparently a swirl pop might help - any ideas?
- Fuel starvation I have a 30l alloy tank in the boot and if more than 15l is used then I get a lack of fuel after tight bends - again apparently a fuel swirl pot will sort this?

I am tempted to revert to the standard tank - lower c of g. Is there any advantage in the tank in the boot - weight further back for example.

Even running just 0.6 bar I still had a really good time and intend on doing many more track days. My best time was 1:03 - Any good?

cheers Guys

Dan

[Timbopbmw]

as long as you had fun,thats the main thing!pbmw can do 59 second laps with 100hpish , but fuel starvation doesnt help.some people in the series are starting to run swirl pots to stop this problem.overheating?!trying using the interior heaters alot!

[fuzzy]

ive never had any problems with overheating even though the e30 front doesnt flow that much air . look at the condition of your rad. i had mine recored and temps dropped drastically.a fuel swirl pot will help if your pump is up to the job. what fuel pump are you using? iirc i used to use 2 on my custom fuel tank. a low pressure pump to feed the fuel to the swirl pot then a high pressure pump to feed it to the engine, both external. i currently use a standard tank with an escort cosworth uprated pump thats meant to be able to handle up to 500bhp and is a direct swap for the standard in tank e30 pump.
whats the spec of your engine?

[dannyg1983]

Stage 3 - 360hp - Have you got a coolant swirl pot fitted?

cheers dan