Oil And Engine Temp
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When coolant temp reaches the 250s start easing out of the throttle, when oil temp is in the 290s start easing out of the throttle. At those temps you won't be over heating but are approaching an over heat situation. Easing off the throttle should bring engine temps down unless you have a mechanical issue with the cooling system. Once you ease off the throttle start driving the car in higher gears to reduce the amount of friction caused by running the engine at higher revs than necessary to maintain speed and acceleration.
Bill
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Last edited by Bill Dearborn; Jul 11, 2017 at 02:07 PM.
Melting Slicks
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From: Syracuse-Central Square New York Winer of the all Corvette race WGI 8/23!
Those are great numbers that every track guy here would love to have. l. I max out at low 270's with oil and low 220's with coolant in 90's ambient temps. Now with many track days and 3 years with over 20k miles all is good. Mobile One has been tested to withstand high 200's with ease.
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If not, make sure they haven't desensitized the knock sensors, timing pull v temp, cat overtemp etc parameters too much or you could run into the overheat later than stock settings and be in a bind.
Last edited by 24/Eray; Jul 11, 2017 at 10:28 PM.
