bill, that may have answered the "oil" question but does says nothing about the
temp impact on the other componenets. i don't know what you were reading for oil
temp but with our race cars, including some from group 44, we normally ran 190 -
200. when we did the escort pro series we had a deal with mobil 1. incrdeible
stuff. you could run a dyno test with non-synthetic oil. shutoff the dyno,
change
to mobil 1 and read horsepower increase on the dyno - just from the oil change.
you might want to go back to valvoline and ask what other potenetial effects
could result from the increased oil temp. ted
BillDentin@aol.com wrote:
> Amici:
>
> A week or so back we were discussing HOT OIL TEMPERATURES after a Test Day at
> Blackhawk Farms Raceway, where I felt my TR3 was running hot oil temperatures.
>
> Kevin Potter, who now builds my engines, called the VALVOLINE Engineering
> Department and requested their input. Their response blew his doors off.
> VALVOLINE said, "Our racing continues to lubricate and does not break down
> until it reaches it's Flash Point, which occurs somewhere between 450 and 460
> degrees."
>
> Wow! I was certainly no where near 450 degrees.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Bill Dentinger
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