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Originally Posted by alackofspeed
For reference, in a 270bhp 1.8t front engined application, my friend has no bother with a 625x302x32 radiator.
That's with the standard oil/water cooler, which incidentally isn't too bad at keeping the oil temp down on track.
A K03s 1.8t running circa 230bhp, in a 700kg car will not be slow! On track I suspect more time would be found by increasing cornering speeds, and braking stability, than an extra 200bhp.
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Mark Matthews reckons their tt engined track car is running 275bhp. Theirs is the BAM code engine with standard internals and just a map for the extra power.
A client of mine also races in the special GTs at castle combe with his EVO running up to 680bhp on racefuel. If i go into the special GTs myself, i would like to kick his backside!
The caterhams and alike seem to kill off the 5EXIs at combe. They seem to have the edge down the straights.
Last time i was up there, the 5EXIs seemed to be running 1min18s laps, which is pretty quick, but i would have expected more. There was a Seat Leon 1.8t that seemed to be running quicker laps than our chosen lightweight rockets.