Trying to keep the temps down - Focus ST Track Car

I'm back! After a 6 month hiatus I am finally back in front of the camera and working on the ST! So the last time we were at the track, the car suffered severely from getting too hot and struggling with heat soak in just 85 degrees F. This issue caused me to be reserved and not push the car to its full potential. In the past I shaved the grill to help "free up airflow", but I was so wrong. Just opening up a path for air to go doesn't mean it will cool the car better, so I painstakingly pieced together a ducting system to help direct air to all of my heat exchangers to help create a ram air affect therefore flowing more air through the heat exchangers at a faster velocity which in return offers cooler more consistent fluid temps. The ducting may look a little rough but it's gonna help so much with putting the air where it needs to be. Be sure to check out the track day video when it drops! Got a lot of good footage and I'll be going over all the things I learned and all of the changes that were made that helped me to go even faster on track.
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[@jayvin_2169]

Never clicked so fast!

[@hectorcruzjr4934]

This is awesome man. I can't wait to do this to my ST.

[@jeffhowell3310]

The strut tower brace is awesome, I just installed mine a few weeks ago. Going to get their torque brace as well this spring

[@spotonndiyvids6065]

Bro that road with the trees going across the top looks like a road in Menifee i take sometimes, love your videos man keep them coming

[@dham99]

Whats holding the radiator up? You're missing the entire lower support... You wont really notice a functional oil cooler until you're really tracking it, the oil temps stay fairly low without a cooler just driving around. When its being 'hot lapped' or driven like its stolen for a few minutes solid maybe. I only put on my Mishimoto cooler (with thermostatic plate) for track days. A plus is, with the FL-400S oil filter (.25qts extra over stock), and the right oil cooler (.75qts), you gain a full quart of oil capacity.

[@comet30265]

Ooooh shit a new video let’s goooo! Hope all the work and progress is paying off bro.Your car looks and sounds sick. I’m about to watch this video on the tv fuck this little phone business here hahahah.

[@drotegu6]

When the revs climb suddenly is that from wheelspin or what? 19:07 19:49

[@jessebudelman]

You plan on getting the new TBperformance radiator support?

[@RS-ft7nv]

Damn its been a minute

[@AFallenMan]

What intercooler is that? I have to assume your charge temps dropped hard with that, but I am struggling to see the fins being that efficient. What was the delta in charge temps, and how does it hold up to other intercoolers like a basic COBB or Mishimoto?

[@tbr.performance]

It’s an atp fmic and as far as the comparison to other intercoolers, I wouldn’t know. I wasn’t monitoring charge temps on track unfortunately. I just had the car vitals on the display and the oil temp. The oil temp stayed very consistent and if the oil is cooler, that means everything else is cooler as well.

[@rizoakatsuki8548]

How did hook back the washer fluid tank and some kind of ac fan? Back since that bar did not include attachment for those parts I mentioned

[@tbr.performance]

I do not have a washer reservoir in this car. I removed pretty much everything that isn’t needed to keep the engine running and the windows/door locks operational. The car doesn’t have A/C either. The only fan is behind the radiator and it pulls air. It doesn’t push it if that makes sense so it wouldn’t be in front.

[@pieczekk]

What is that oil cooler? i need one

[@mrsluigi9478]

I’ve been watching a lot of your videos, where did you learn everything you know about cars? I’m thinking about going to school

[@tbr.performance]

All self taught!

[@Just_Donte]

What the name of that Instrumental At the beginning and end of the video

[@DB-WAUSEKOP]

Music soundtrack 10:50 ??

[@jessebudelman]

Any plans on adding aero?

[@tbr.performance]

Yeah! Still learning how to drive the car on the limit. Once I feel like I need it I’ll add it all at once to keep the car balanced. Not to mention how expensive a full aero kit will be. The cage will definitely come first tho.

[@jessebudelman]

Nice. Hopefully this summer I can get some autocross going. Went back in 2019 but after the fiasco of 2020 and 2021 I couldn’t find anything open that wasn’t less than 4 hours away. Your car is coming along great, love it. Been debating on doing a 2.3 stoker with a big turbo or get the RS/Ecoboost 2.3 head and just run the twin scroll mustang stock turbo, for autocross. Looking forward for new video drops.

[@jessebudelman]

@@tbr.performance do you have your fog lights removed? Jw. I was in talks with a company to see if they have any brake cooling ducts being made for the ST. Was gonna get the oem Parts off an RS and try to rig something up for fictional brake cooling ducts while keeping it FoMoCo Parts....hopefully everything lines up. I guess time will tell.

[@tbr.performance]

@@jessebudelman I removed them and I made brake ducts at one point but the ECU sits right in front of the driver side fog light housing so the ducting won’t fit.

[@Paper.Power.Politics]

Did you ever end up checking out tune plus??? I’m telling you, get tunes by tune plus! Or get their built blocks and heads!! They also do xona turbo kits!! Tune plus is the best!

[@tbr.performance]

Cars running great! Did so well at the track!

[@Paper.Power.Politics]

@@tbr.performance will do even better with tune plus! I’m telling you! Plus won’t hurt to have other tunes. And Adam is known to have the smoothest powerband just always in the power and boost. I’m telling you from experience from me having other tunes and I found tune plus to be the one who’s actually pushing the platform. That’s why I went with them for my new build. His knowledge about this platform is just crazy. He used To be the president of MAP performance or swim thing like that. And the turbosmart wastegates are tune plus thing I think. But if you get their blocks or heads , it’s all custom spec stuff. That you can’t get aftermarket. And everything comes from all the R&D they have put in over the years. Tune plus was also the first to be using the 2.0 blocks with 2.3 internals. This guy knows everything about the ecoboost ST:RS platforms. If your not happy with a tune plus tune and don’t think it’s better then your current one I’ll refund you the money myself! I think for $250 you can get lifetime tunes so anytime you change something and need to adjust your tuning , it won’t be an additional cost!

[@Paper.Power.Politics]

@@tbr.performance what track you go to?

[@tbr.performance]

@@Paper.Power.Politics Any local tracks to me in SoCal.

[@Paper.Power.Politics]

@@tbr.performance that’s dope!! I live 5 min away from willow springs! We should link up one of these days!! I’m a newbie I still never been on a track. But getting my car ready for it.

[@hotroddj1786]

first boi