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Originally Posted by ERA Chas
Thanks for a good explanation. I'm suspecting the temps were not too high for your usage. Although 275 would get my attention...
I'm assuming you were/are using synthetic?? Or just straight 50W? |
Yes, 15/50 Mobil 1
synthetic.....Most
synthetic oils are good for temps around 300 degrees and most conventional oils are good for about 230 or so degrees.
I only saw 275 degrees of
oil temp once, 90% of the time my
oil temp was in the 230 to 250 range.......still a little more than I would like to see,I'd prefer the temps to be in the 220 to 230 range...
and the 275 temp did get my attention,big time, and I thought about it for a few seconds,I could have backed off the gas a little and the temp would probably have gone down some,but at the time,I was in a tight points battle for the track champoinship in my class and I was running in 2cd place with a couple of laps to go and could see the 1st place car and I was gaining on him pretty good.....
David