Hello,

Thought I might also ask this here as ther seems to be more 200-series racers than 900-series.

I have acquired a tired, mistreated 1991 944T--though at the moment, it's actually a 923T, as I have 0 compression in 2 cylinders and one rear door that isn't working. Poor thing has lived a hard life, and I want to help it go out of this world in style.

My intent is to run it in a not-so-serious race (see link below) or two before I remove the usable parts for recycling and send the rest to the big Volvo lot in the sky. Headgasket and other repairs start this weekend.

Couple questions for this august group:

Anyone have any experience running a B230FT in a racing situation where water was the only permissible coolant?

Any thoughts on how to make this fine but abused vehicle run any cooler given the water-only restriction?

This vehicle has the tow package, with the large tranny cooler in front of the intercooler and an auxilliary fan in front of it. Would you remove that tranny cooler to improve airflow over the engine and route the tranny fluid through the normal radiator cooler? Or leave it in place?

I'm open to other suggestions as well. Yes, I know I'm crazy, but there's a method to this madness, the details of which will be shared as soon as the website for this project is up and running.

Thanks,
Matt

Link to the not-so-serious race: www.24hoursoflemons.com (Yes, you read about it in Car and Driver...)