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      01-24-2013, 08:35 PM   #50
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Originally Posted by kennyfrc View Post
I have never seen my oil temp get over 220F even under very spirited driving in 110F weather. Under what conditions are you able to achieve such high temps?
I actually wondered the same. I could see the elevated temps in an autocross, where the engine is working very hard doing very short, relatively slow runs, so you are minimizing the air flow through the oil cooler and having the engine heatsoak somewhat between runs.

At VIR and Summit Point raceways, even in 97' temps, I have never seen anything over 210, and normally the car runs at 200-205'. Now that I have changed my oil from TWS, I am seeing 10' less.

My first thought is that if you are seeing over 220' on the track, then something minor is wrong. Of course I could be missing some variable.


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