Hello,
I got an early season track day in. It was so **** cold I was happy to be on street tires. But it got me thinking about what I've read about the rear shock fading from exhaust heat on track days.
I plan on doing a bunch of track days this year but I don't have the budget to do a full exhaust or change to a shock with remote reservoir. That will have to wait until next year. But I can probably swing a de-cat pipe [still need to research what changes that will require from the engine control standpoint]
Does anyone know if eliminating the cat is enough to reduce heat build up in the shock? Does the heat flowing back from the cat cause this? Or is it the heat from the post-cat exhaust?
Thanks in advance
Jon
I got an early season track day in. It was so **** cold I was happy to be on street tires. But it got me thinking about what I've read about the rear shock fading from exhaust heat on track days.
I plan on doing a bunch of track days this year but I don't have the budget to do a full exhaust or change to a shock with remote reservoir. That will have to wait until next year. But I can probably swing a de-cat pipe [still need to research what changes that will require from the engine control standpoint]
Does anyone know if eliminating the cat is enough to reduce heat build up in the shock? Does the heat flowing back from the cat cause this? Or is it the heat from the post-cat exhaust?
Thanks in advance
Jon