Grib,
You have the dry sump system, but in general what is the best place for an oil
temp sender? Water?
What about head temp.; I know that would vary wildly between engines.
Cheers,
Rick
rgribble wrote:
> Paul,
> My T'Bird has a oil temp gauge which I use religiously and all NASCAR cars
> run one also. Basically, I want 180 plus oil temp before any run and maybe
> 140 water (engine) temp. After the long course runs at B'Vile, my water temp
> was around 200 and the oil was 190. I have no openings in the front of the
> car and I didn't use the fan. I use 10 wt. engine oil but for qualifying
> some guys use 0 wt. Since we have a drysump system, the oil is stored in a 4
> gallon tank behind the drivers seat which has 110volt heater bands to
> preheat the oil.
>
> During a NASCAR race the temp of the oil and water get close to the same,
> around 225 Deg.F. maximum. Depending on the engine and/or the engine
> builder, select or desired running temperatures are maintained. Some engines
> cannot take extreme (over 240) temperatures, even for short periods of time.
> If you listen to the radio chatter at a NASCAR race, you'll hear them talk
> about oil temp all the time.
> Grib
> "Do what others Won't and you'll do what others Can't for the rest of your
> life"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Bland" <paul.blandavon@btinternet.com>
> To: "lsr" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 3:33 AM
> Subject: oil temperature.
>
> > Do any of you monitor the engine oil temp in your cars? and if so what's
> the
> > maximum temperature you see?
> > Thanks, Paul.
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