let me expand just a bit. my cooling mods were of neccesity. pump went first then in the middle of summer i was running at 90 to 100* C around town! forget about racing. since my cooling mods i have had zero s/c shutdown and im now in the 75 to 80* range all day long and can race all nite long.
its my opinion this route helps in the longevity of the engine overall because face it aluminum blocks and heads really dont like high temps.
i value all the opinions posted and if i had to choose i would still do it with cooling mods first. wait i did!!
im not sure of all the tracks but i do know there are some tracks that frown on bagging ice in the staging lanes due to the water dripping everywhere. the streetlegal drags im going to run this yr doesnt allow any pit access for the winners. you are hot lapping until your beat or win the final in your class. any pit stop is an auto dq