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North County San Diego
- Thread starter ShakenCoffee
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For sure! I will keep you updated. I'm having some noise coming from my front brakes, even when I'm not braking, so I need to pull those apart to take a look and probably will replace the pads anyhow. With other things going on as well, I'm thinking maybe August sometime to do a drive up Palomar.
Elevation gain is about 5k ft I think in 10-12miles. First time I drove it with stock rad and overheated quick, 2nd time I added the oil cooler and got maybe 50% before having to put the heater on full blast(I called this the Mt protocol) 3rd time I had the mish oil cooler and 160degree tsat and got maybe 80% before having to put the heater on full blast. This time will be a new test as my oil cooler blew up and now I just have the ebay rad and 160 tsat. I expect it will go well though as the ebay rad has been nothing but good so far. I do recommend that we do it early Sunday morning as it get congested with other car enthusiasts. The last 3 times I did it I left my house at maybe 4am arrived at the base 0510ish which was a good time in my opinion. Also I do believe a stock radiator using the mt protocol(heater on full blast all windows down) most likely will make it to the top without overheating.
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Agreed on starting very early, not only to avoid other cars, but also bicyclists. I have a Mountune radiator in my car. I haven't had any overheating on other drives, but Palomar Mountain is quite steep and more demanding than what I have done in it so far.
Generally, I go up the South grade which is more technical, and down the East grade which is faster and the turns are not as tight. There are some other fun roads near by that we could do as well.
Generally, I go up the South grade which is more technical, and down the East grade which is faster and the turns are not as tight. There are some other fun roads near by that we could do as well.
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#10
I haven't been up there with a "fun car" in a while. Years ago, I had an E36 M3 that I would take up there, along with an NA Miata I drove up there occasionally. I still miss the M3, but couldn't justify buying another with the cost of them nowadays. The Miata was fun, but definitely lacking in power driving upwards. Typically, I would go at around 6:30am on weekends, if not a bit earlier, or sometimes before sunset.
I recently bought my Fiesta ST from a member on here, so I can't claim to have built it myself. Here's his original for sale thread: https://www.fiestastforum.com/threa...-title-11-5k-obo-san-diego.32232/#post-510401
It's been a blast so far, and I've been wanting to take it up Palomar Mountain. No major changes from when I've bought it yet, just fluids and I will be installing some EBC Blues in the front soon. Once I get those in, I'm game to set up a time to do the drive!
How are you liking the X37 in yours?
I recently bought my Fiesta ST from a member on here, so I can't claim to have built it myself. Here's his original for sale thread: https://www.fiestastforum.com/threa...-title-11-5k-obo-san-diego.32232/#post-510401
It's been a blast so far, and I've been wanting to take it up Palomar Mountain. No major changes from when I've bought it yet, just fluids and I will be installing some EBC Blues in the front soon. Once I get those in, I'm game to set up a time to do the drive!
How are you liking the X37 in yours?
Yeah yours looks dope, nice mods. Cool having a tune from Randy. I love the X37, more power would be fun but do I really need it? I would love to add fuel and see how far I could take it but smog is a thing also. Some day I wish I would have kept it stock with the Monster E40 tune. It was fast enough then really. But anyway excited for you I couldn't stop driving the car when I first bought it, and it's still fun. Party on wheels. Yeah just give me a heads up so I can go over my car too and change the fluids and whatnot.
Last time I went up in a car was with my SRT4, haven't gone in the FiST.
I used to ride motorcycles up there all the time but stopped in maybe 2015 or so when locals started throwing sand and gravel in corners to mess with bikes. Just not worth it.
I tend to avoid group rides/drives because inevitably someone gets dumb at some point and drive way beyond their ability.
I used to ride motorcycles up there all the time but stopped in maybe 2015 or so when locals started throwing sand and gravel in corners to mess with bikes. Just not worth it.
I tend to avoid group rides/drives because inevitably someone gets dumb at some point and drive way beyond their ability.
I remember at our SRT4 meet a nissan sentra SE-R decided to tag along and his brakes were burning on the way *up*, dude almost binned it in a corner, so a few of us radio'd to say we'd all slow waaaaaaay down so he'd stop pushing it. Young kid, really excited to run with us but just didn't have the ability, was full throttle all the time, then brakes, then throttle, then brakes. I haven't seen brakes smoke like that in a long time
I would say it's worth the drive. Average grade on GMR is 3.8 over 26miles. Palomar is like 6.9 and 10-12 miles. Palomar is more aggressive, but I've never done the GMR. South Palomar Mt road is by far the most technical and aggressive mt road I have done though. There is a observatory on the top of the mountain also which is a cool feature. I've never done a night run but star gazing at the top on a clear night should be phenomenal.
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