as topic states, just curious for those that monitor it

 

my boosted ls was just about 165F almost all the time. i only saw temps of 205-210 a few times, and that was boosting on highway trips during the middle of the summer.

 

Usually it takes about 5 minutes of easy driving to get to about 140F, then it climbs to about 180ish, and eventually settles to about 190ish. If I drive her hard, she'll hit 210-220. It's never exceeded 220 even after repeated 1/4 mile runs. I run the Moroso 5 quart aluminum pan and synthetic oil.

 

Usually the oil temp follows the water temp. Sometimes it gets hotter, but most of the time in the winter it stays cooler. Ive seen mine hit about 225 when my idle was stuck @ 3k....

Blaze

 

thanks guys, just trying to figure out what to do for an oil cooler... i found one that uses engine coolant... mine nevers gets about 1801-90 so i think ill get it

 

This may or may not help because im not boosted yet but, in the hot Florida summer I just experianced with the new guage I got a max of 180F. This was on the highway. Normally it was 150, and now sometimes it hardly gets above 100 in the winter now, but occasionaly it does.

 

I have a fluidyne 6 row cooler that I might sell actually.

Maybe I'll keep it.

I'm just wondering....would I have any oil pressure problems running a remote oil with the cooler inline of the filter and block, then having the turbo feed line tapped into the same line?

Right now I plan on ditching the cooler until i am boosted and see how my oil temps are.

 

Oil temp needs to go over boilling point of water occaisionally, to evaporate the water vapor that makes it past the rings and becomes lodged in the oil.

Oil temp affects engine tune, just like coolant temp, and an oil cooler (esp in winter months) can influence your tune if you run one of the Honda ECU-based systems. Engine temps get too cold and you get more fuel and more ignition timing.

 

300-315F

-Chris, already has an oil cooler


<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by J. Davis &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Oil temp needs to go over boilling point of water occaisionally, to evaporate the water vapor that makes it past the rings and becomes lodged in the oil.

Oil temp affects engine tune, just like coolant temp, and an oil cooler (esp in winter months) can influence your tune if you run one of the Honda ECU-based systems. Engine temps get too cold and you get more fuel and more ignition timing.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Sound advice. My GReddy oil cooler has a thermostat that seems to work. It's probably a good idea for a street car.

-Chris