Well first thing I did today was to put 10w30
oil in the car. The temperature here in NH is 52 degrees F right now. Running the car on the hiway at 65 mph with the cooler open resulted in
oil temps around 50 degrees C (122 degrees F) - way too cool. I did the simple trick of making a block for the cooler from cardboard and duct tape and the
oil temp is now running at 60 degrees C (140 degrees F) - better but still pretty cool. My motor is an all aluminum 482 ci BBF (not painted) and I have a canton pan (also not painted) so I am probably a worst case in terms of disipating heat from the oil via the block, heads, and pan. I am thinking that I will put the oil termostat on the car over the winter as my oil temps are on the low side even in the middle of summer up here. THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR ALL OF THE GREAT SUGGESTIONS!
- Fred