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| yarin |
 Mar 21 2008, 06:33 PM
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I just switched to Brad Penn 20W50 (from Castrol GTX 10W30) that I picked up from LEN. It might be a bit early in the season to switch to 20W50, so I just want to make sure I don't make any mistakes running this oil in cold weather. I believe the minimum cold cranking temp for this weight is 32F. Is that correct? I flat tow the car to most events, I wouldn't crank it below 32F anyway, i'd be worried about freezing my butt off with no heat! Oil pressure obviously takes much longer to come down at idle, at cold start it's also a tad higher.
I filled it and took it out for a spin today. Oil temps got up to 185F, max after a good 20 minutes of driving. Head temps ran around 380F max, peak of 400F while flooring 5th around 3-4k rpm for 30+ seconds. I retarded timing across the board by 1-2 degrees to 30 degrees at WOT after 3000rpm, definitely helped keep head temps cooler. Before I hit 425F, probably almost dropped a valve seat and a load in my pants. Both test drives in 40-45 degree weather. |
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yarin 20W50 Min starting temperature Mar 21 2008, 06:33 PM
Dominic L Not sure if this will help, Yarin, but I left my c... Mar 21 2008, 06:59 PM Mark Henry Drop your advance a few more degrees and rich up y... Mar 21 2008, 07:17 PM toon1 Yea, those head temps are a bit high. they s/b in ... Mar 21 2008, 08:41 PM
yarin Hey dom.. thanks for the input. u coming out to th... Mar 22 2008, 08:19 PM  |
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