Hi Guys:
Took possession of my ERA Cobra 427 with the FE 428 engine this Saturday. It was a real fine weekend here in New England to "break In" the old gal. #375 is about 11 years young with only 8500 miles on her.
We drove from the Mass Border down to the coast to introduce 375 to her new home. Crusing at 55-75 as traffic and conditions allowed.
Having not too much time under my belt with this engine (say 2 hours of test driving with the original owner), here are some of the figures I saw on the SW dashboard gauges:
Oil Temp: 140 to 150 F
Water Temp: 165 to 185F ( the higher end when in slow traffic or stop and go after a turnpike run), Typically 170.
Oil Pressure: 40 to 80 depending on RPM and how cold the engine is. In General it is usually 50 ish.
This car has the large
oil cooler, a high pressure oil pump and a large (Milodon) circle track oil pan. Overall oil capacity is 9 qts of 10w-50 Mobil 1. At present the car has a Fram HP-1 filter however the next one will probably be a K&N.
Are the above numbers in the general ball park?
Again, being new to the engine, I am not too familiar with what is "normal". I also assume the gauges are just relative indicators and probably not too scientific.
Oddly enough, the 140 range on the SW Oil Temp gauge is just about at the very low end of the gauge. It seems that alot of gauge is wasted as it can read much higher than that as far as the face of the gauge is concerned. ??
Thanks for Your Time!
