 914 V8 oil temps on track car, feedback requested |
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| dlee1967 |
 Jul 2 2005, 05:00 PM
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I was seeing what I thought to be rather high oil temps on my street/track 305 Chevy powered 914. About 220 degrees-spikes to 240. Now that I installed a new 350, I've added an external oil cooler with thermostatic fan to help the situation, but have not hammered the car yet as we are still breaking it in.
What oil temps are the other V8 guys seeing? I haven't found it necessary to put an external cooler on the wife's street car, but I believe I am pushing it with the track car. My only frame of reference in an old A1 GTI that used to see this same range. Any feedback? David Lee in Houston, TX |
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| Brett W |
Jul 4 2005, 07:19 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,859 Joined: 17-September 03 From: huntsville, al Member No.: 1,169 Region Association: None 
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The pan design will determine how low he can run the oil level. Many people buy these deep sump pans and then fill them up with oil. The purpose of the deep sump is to move the oil level away from the crankshaft to cut down on windage. If this pan is designed properly he should not need to run the maximum amount of oil. I just built a pan for another engine with kickouts and trap doors and some other tricks but even with all that the oil level is still a little high when running 5 quarts. If the pan manufacture says that the pan should use 7 quarts then, unless you have the pan off, then use the manufactures reccomendation. If you have the pan off then you can experiment.
I agree the accusump is a vital addition to a road race motor. |
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dlee1967 914 V8 oil temps on track car Jul 2 2005, 05:00 PM
914GT Probably most of us V8 owners don't monitor ou... Jul 2 2005, 07:04 PM skline http://www.914world.com/bbs2/h... Jul 2 2005, 09:07 PM dlee1967 Hmmm.....maybe someone with a track car will see t... Jul 2 2005, 09:16 PM skline I dont know about paranoid, but I have always had ... Jul 2 2005, 09:30 PM 914GT David
I suppose you're already running a high... Jul 2 2005, 09:58 PM Brett W Get rid of that crappy dino oil and throw some Mob... Jul 2 2005, 10:15 PM dlee1967 Guy, I am running a Melling high volume pump. The... Jul 3 2005, 07:07 AM MecGen Hey man
How about a pic of this sweat ride of you... Jul 3 2005, 08:25 AM Andyrew Oil temps on Chris Julians car (mine isnt monitore... Jul 3 2005, 12:00 PM dlee1967 Joe, I thank you for your lengthy reply. My motor... Jul 3 2005, 01:02 PM BIGKAT_83 David I have not tracked my car but I do have a oi... Jul 3 2005, 01:14 PM Andyrew Brad said he saw 250 when he rode in Chris's c... Jul 3 2005, 01:16 PM dlee1967 Real numbers.............thanks Bob and Andrew. 2... Jul 3 2005, 01:17 PM Brett W How much oil are you running in the pan? If you a... Jul 3 2005, 03:51 PM dlee1967 Brett, thank you for the reply. I am concerned no... Jul 3 2005, 05:36 PM Brett W Your good then I wouldn't worry about it until... Jul 3 2005, 09:06 PM andys Jul 3 2005, 10:54 PM dlee1967 Andy, the Accusump was a great addition to my road... Jul 4 2005, 09:17 AM Terryst1 Ok David: I'm getting some of the details:
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dlee1967 Terry, the details are correct apart from I have h... Jul 5 2005, 06:30 AM |
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