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Originally Posted by stevewass
So I took my first run last weekend and was my watching my oil and water temps.The water and oil temp came up to 85 and while the water temp never really wavered, the oil temp would go up as i got on the car. It went from 85 to 95 but when I went into 5th gear and the revs came down to 2K the temp would go back to 85.
What is the normal oil temp? Should i expect it to go up if im pushing the car? What is too high or the danger zone? |
I was reading about the Daytona Cobras at Le Mans '64. Gurney and Bondurant were driving CSX2299. An oil cooler line ruptured, so the cooler was bypassed; the car continued for another 8 hours to the finish with no oil cooler and oil temp up around 300 deg F (150 deg C). So, 8 hours at up to 180mph and still strong at the finish - if you don't exceed those conditions, you should be OK!
Cheers,
Glen