Hopefully it’s a simple fix, because we’re autocrossing on Sunday.
The Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car stopped by our office, so we pulled out the fastest project in our fleet, our Factory Five 818, and joined them on their road rally. The Search for the Ultimate Street Car is a series sanctioned by the Ultimate Street Car Association that focuses on fast, street-driven cars.
Things were going great for a while, until we heard a pop, then a hiss. Then the car started to smell like coolant, and the temperature display on our AiM Sports dash shot up. We pulled over to find a stream of coolant coming from somewhere around the expansion tank, but everything was too warm to attempt a side-of-the-road fix. So, we hitchhiked back to the office, grabbed the truck and trailer, and carried the 818 home. Hopefully it’s a simple fix, because we’re signed up for a Central Florida Region autocross on Sunday.
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