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Re: engine oil and coolant temps

To: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
Subject: Re: engine oil and coolant temps
From: Joe Amo <jkamo@rap.midco.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 18:15:06 -0600
John and Tom,  this is good stuff guys
keep it coming,

if you need tips on preheating a nitrous bottle
in the cool am,  ask Jon,   great way to quit
smoking

Thanks
Joe :)

Thomas E. Bryant wrote:

>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
>
>John Goodman wrote:
>
>>On the issue of getting heat to engine oil:
>>
>>We looked at two ways of doing this. One was more
>>expensive than the other so you have to choose which
>>you have more of, money or time. The expensive way is
>>to buy or make a canister to enclose a heat exchanger
>>that connects to you engine oil supply. To each end of
>>the canister you weld a hose barb to connect your
>>engine water supply. When engine temp comes up, so
>>does the engine oil. The cheap way (the way we did it
>>on the lakester) was to buy 1/4" aluminum air
>>conditioning tubing from the hardware store, coil it
>>so it fits in the engine oil dry sump tank and attach
>>both ends to two brass hose barb fittings mounted on
>>top of the tank. Attach hoses to these brass hose
>>barbs and run them to the engine coolant system. This
>>system puts heat into the oil and brings engine oil
>>temp up along with engine coolant. The best part is,
>>you use the coolant thermostat to regulate both engine
>>and oil temp. Both stay very close to each other even
>>when racing.
>>
>>John Goodman 

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