Safe oil Temp for full throttle?????
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From: Valencia Ca
Originally Posted by dbvettez06
Often wondered, what is the safe temp for hard driving, i have always thought around 175, but really don't know 
Safe temp to start hammering the motor is 150 F
Safe temp to operate - normal driving - 220 - 250
Safe temp to operate - hard driving - 220 - 290
Best temp would be to maintain 225 - 240 - but you may need an oil cooler to do this.
Hope that helps and these are my guidelines based on good synthetics.
Charlie
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From: Haymarket VA
Originally Posted by CharlieTuner@AandACorvette
I am not sure if you are asking about the safest temp to start "throttling" the motor or operating temp, so I added my 2 cents worth on both.
Safe temp to start hammering the motor is 150 F
Safe temp to operate - normal driving - 220 - 250
Safe temp to operate - hard driving - 220 - 290
Best temp would be to maintain 225 - 240 - but you may need an oil cooler to do this.
Hope that helps and these are my guidelines based on good synthetics.
Charlie
Safe temp to start hammering the motor is 150 F
Safe temp to operate - normal driving - 220 - 250
Safe temp to operate - hard driving - 220 - 290
Best temp would be to maintain 225 - 240 - but you may need an oil cooler to do this.
Hope that helps and these are my guidelines based on good synthetics.
Charlie
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Melting Slicks
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From: western colorado colorado
Originally Posted by CharlieTuner@AandACorvette
I am not sure if you are asking about the safest temp to start "throttling" the motor or operating temp, so I added my 2 cents worth on both.
Safe temp to start hammering the motor is 150 F
Safe temp to operate - normal driving - 220 - 250
Safe temp to operate - hard driving - 220 - 290
Best temp would be to maintain 225 - 240 - but you may need an oil cooler to do this.
Hope that helps and these are my guidelines based on good synthetics.
Charlie
Safe temp to start hammering the motor is 150 F
Safe temp to operate - normal driving - 220 - 250
Safe temp to operate - hard driving - 220 - 290
Best temp would be to maintain 225 - 240 - but you may need an oil cooler to do this.
Hope that helps and these are my guidelines based on good synthetics.
Charlie
Sorry what i meant is: Start the car in the morning, as the oil wams, what is the minimum temp when you can hammer the car...170/180 ??
And, any facts on this?
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From: Plano TX
Originally Posted by dbvettez06
Sorry what i meant is: Start the car in the morning, as the oil wams, what is the minimum temp when you can hammer the car...170/180 ??
And, any facts on this?
And, any facts on this?
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Melting Slicks
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From: western colorado colorado
Originally Posted by David426
You can monitor either one of the temperatures by pressing the gauges botton for your DIC Monitor your oil temp, when it gets to 150 degrees switch over to your radiator fluid temp and see what it says. This will answer your question.
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From: At the beach in little Rhody
I don't run it over 2,000 RPM until the oil is at 180 minimum. With the aftermarket springs, I would prefer to get them warmed up before cycling them too hard. I don't have any hard data on this, but it is just a rule of thumb I use with my car.
