Z51 Oil Temps
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Melting Slicks
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Z51 Oil Temps
I have an '07 coupe with Z51 option. I believe there is a factory Oil and Tranny cooler (built into the radiator?) as well as an external Power Steering cooler.
1. Is this correct..?
2. My oil temp is running around 220-230 on local road twisties with ambient temp still in the 60s... How high is this going to get when I do the track (HPDE)??
3. What high-side oil temp should cause concerns?? I understand the oil really start to work at around 200-215..
Comments?? Thanks!
1. Is this correct..?
2. My oil temp is running around 220-230 on local road twisties with ambient temp still in the 60s... How high is this going to get when I do the track (HPDE)??
3. What high-side oil temp should cause concerns?? I understand the oil really start to work at around 200-215..
Comments?? Thanks!
Drifting
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I have an '07 coupe with Z51 option. I believe there is a factory Oil and Tranny cooler (built into the radiator?) as well as an external Power Steering cooler.
1. Is this correct..?
2. My oil temp is running around 220-230 on local road twisties with ambient temp still in the 60s... How high is this going to get when I do the track (HPDE)??
3. What high-side oil temp should cause concerns?? I understand the oil really start to work at around 200-215..
Comments?? Thanks!
1. Is this correct..?
2. My oil temp is running around 220-230 on local road twisties with ambient temp still in the 60s... How high is this going to get when I do the track (HPDE)??
3. What high-side oil temp should cause concerns?? I understand the oil really start to work at around 200-215..
Comments?? Thanks!
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Melting Slicks
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From: Yorktown Heights NY
Carl.. this is an automatic tranny cooler.. I have a manual... I think the factory oil cooler is inside the under sized radiator.. Maybe an external oil cooler?? (and the 160deg stat mentioned as well)...
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Melting Slicks
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I just read on C6 Performance Corvette's page that the 2007-2009 Z51 package did NOT have a EOC option?? Is this true.. does my 2007 Z51 car not have any additional EOC built into the radiator?? Anybody know. I'm thinking about adding an aftermarket oil cooer.
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My oem 2008 Z51 has: External engine oil cooler, External power steering fluid cooler and an integrated cooler with the radiator for the manual transmission oil.
Last edited by Mike's LS3; Apr 6, 2012 at 11:15 AM.
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Melting Slicks
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Yeah, I gotta install the t-stat. but I don't know how much it will do without the fan adjustments (with a tune).. it's all 'on the list'... just trying to sort out the order of things. I will put in the stat myself shortly and see if without any programming it makes any difference in the running oil temps..
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My old 485 rwhp LS2 saw 205-225F oil temps around town and 270+F on the track while short shifting. Had to take cool down laps in the middle of the session. Swapped oil to Amsoil Zrod 10w-30 and added a Z06 oil cooler and now see ~265 on the track shifting at redline with no cool down laps. I ran Mobile1 0w-40 for a few events and saw about 5F less that the Amsoil temps, but that cold have been me not pushing the car as hard.
Hope that helps.
Hope that helps.
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Melting Slicks
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are you talking coolant temps or oil temps here?? 196 sounds low for oil temp to me... not sure??
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My old 485 rwhp LS2 saw 205-225F oil temps around town and 270+F on the track while short shifting. Had to take cool down laps in the middle of the session. Swapped oil to Amsoil Zrod 10w-30 and added a Z06 oil cooler and now see ~265 on the track shifting at redline with no cool down laps. I ran Mobile1 0w-40 for a few events and saw about 5F less that the Amsoil temps, but that cold have been me not pushing the car as hard.
Hope that helps.
Hope that helps.
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That's news to me. I'm not sure why they'd have an EOC in '05-'06, stop in '07-'09, and then start again in '10. I have seen the external EOC on '08s so I don't believe the info you read is correct. I also have an '07 Z51 and assumed there was an EOC inside the radiator. I thought I recalled seeing some extra lines coming out of the radiator last time I was under there(?)
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I have two 06 z51's, m6 and a6 both have engine and trans coolers in the radiator, with external p/s coolers.
-Carl
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