[s-cars] Oil Temperature Question-How Hot is too hot

[Joe Pizzimenti]

Get lines & fittings from Summit Racing & put in a decent sized oil cooler.
Everything else is just spinning your wheels, IMO.

I use a Setrab 625.  You will have to figure out how to mount it, but it'll
solve your problem.

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Manuel Sanchez <manuelsanchez at starpower.net
> wrote:

> Fellow S-Heads,
>
> I was wondering what oil temperature might be considered too hot for
> our cars during a Driver Ed track session? I usually attend track
> events that are early spring or late fall, so the outdoor
> temperatures are on the cooler side, however "warm" days in April and
> November aren't unheard of.
>
> When I'm pushing the car hard, and it's warm out, I've seen the
> needle get a needles width past what would be analogous to the 3/4
> tank full mark on a fuel gauge, at the un numbered hash mark between
> 130 and 170 degree's (150ish). That's the last tick mark before the
> "ludicrously hot" measurement on the oil temp gauge.
>
> It's interesting to see how much of an effect the outdoor temp has on
> the oil temps. At least on my car, cooler track days show up as a
> noticeable measurement (lower) oil temps than if the day were warmer.
> I can't imagine what a summer track day would be like.
>
> I had a instructer once that suggested I back off because the oil
> temp seemed to be to high. Taking it easy did cool things down during
> the session.
>
> Under normal driving oil temps are normal and stay at the 130 deg C
> mark.
>
> My car doesn't have the undertray anymore due to the FMIC and LLTek
> bumper, so the ducting that was there is no longer.
>
>
> If I need more cooling, is there a "better" answer? Do those little
> electric fans really work or would they get cooked easily due to the
> proximity to the turbo and downpipe? Is a bigger oil cooler core the
> "better" answer? Do those heat sink things that you can wrap around
> an oil filter do anything measurable?
>
> Regards,
>
> -Manny
>
> 95.5 ur S6 Avant (mostly RS2'd)
>
>
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