Oil Temp

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Another question or two: what type oil pan and what is your total oil capacity of the whole system????? my race car set-up holds 11.5 quarts total, take a while to get the oil temp up.....

For example, my street car has done some track time so I have an 8 quart Canton road race pan, 325hp,351-W,NO oil cooler.....The other day I went to town and ran errands in it,probably 2.5 miles on the highway to town, ran around town for maybe 20 to 30 minutes total, making a few stops here and there and then back home.....During the course of this time, I ran it up to 5000rpms in 1-2-3 gears a few times...when I got home my oil temp had just hit 170!!!!!!!!!!

If you get on the road and run it thru the gears a couple of times and then cruise around at low rpms, then head home with less than 30 minutes of run time, you probably will never see much over 150/160 on your oil temp gauge....
If I get on the highway and head out,it does take quite a while at cruising speed for the oil to stabalize at 180 (I'm guessing up to 20 minutes,depending on outside air temp), which is what it normally runs under normal conditions..........

David