Keith;
When we were running Can-Am in the "olden days", we'd plug in our dry sump
tank heater and leave it on overnight. Of course, we had the luxury of a
convenient AC outlet on the garage wall to plug the heater in to. The pad
type heater does take quite a while to heat an oil tank but it doesn't burn
the oil.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Turk [mailto:kturk@ala.net]
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 5:24 PM
To: Thomas E. Bryant; John Goodman
Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: engine oil and coolant temps
Tom... I've got both probe type heating elements and a set of blankets
around the Drysump tank... and it works okay... I can heat the oil to
whatever temp you want... The oil on the outside getting hot does transfer
ineffectively to the oil in the tank... just not super effeicient.... but in
our world where time isn't a factor... it works just fine... it takes about
20 minutes to get the oil up to 180 degrees with 3 probes and 2 blankets.
Kinda following everyone's advice and what Nascar does.... I only preheat it
before I start it for the first time of the day.
Keith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
To: "John Goodman" <ggl205@yahoo.com>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: engine oil and coolant temps
> John,
>
> Are you using the water from the race engine or from the push truck? I
> prefer to preheat without running the race engine.
>
> I have been researching a method of preheating the oil. I have found
> an adhesive blanket 6"X12" which is the size of the bottom of the oil
> tank. It is 120 volt 180 watt unit. Have you or anyone on the list
> used one of these blanket type heaters. If so, how effective are they.
>
> Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC
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