Tulsa cobra Heres the couple of ideas I have for you to look at,
1 How much
oil are you running in the car?? If you are racing add 1-1.5 extra quarts to help around high"G" turns. See where this leads you. depending on the
oil, 240 is not out of range if a synthesic. Conventional yes.
2 You can add the cooler in the front of the car. Will give you an extra quart of
oil between lines and cooler. Will bring down the oil temps by 10-40 degrees. This is good but if the oil is too cool, it doesn't do max lubercation of the parts. Cooler needs a screen on it if you track race. Debry can hit the cooler and you could win the oil down the track award and cleaning bill if they charge. This is not good.
3 How about a water/ oil cooler exchanger?? Helps in a couple of ways. Helps heat up the oil faster to get it in the correct temp range. Helps do the same for the coolant or water in the coolant system. HP drain is almost none. You do need to have a good radiator system for this. You can mount the exchanger almost any where under the hood and doesn't take alot of room depending on what size you buy
4 Slow down at the track and enjoy the cruising part. You can still be fast and lower the chances of damage to you and the car. I know this is not fun but I have way too many years, labor, money and time to test out the max limit of the car. It's about FUN. It's about hitting the pefect line. Over the years have seen many cobras and other vehicles damaged for bragging rights and to win a $10.00 piece of pressboard with a bronze plated plate saying how good you are today. Sorry it took 20+ years of saving to get my dream. I have had a few spinouts looking for walls and last year lit the car on fire due to a small leak from a valve cover.
No damage to car or paint, Just lucky.
I think this will give you the best choises of what to do with the car. If you are going to get serious about track running, a dry sump setup is the only way to go if you are going to pull high "G" turns. Also a long oil pressure light on the dash for under 25 psi. This is the reason alot of motors break at the track from racing.
Long turns at high speed and slow oil returns to the oil pan. Rick L. ps I track my car 98% of the time. No dry sump yet but have a 3 quart accusump hooked into the system for maintaining good oil pressure though along turns or sweepers. 14 years and no failures of the bottom end. Rocker shafts breaking, that's a different story.
