[Fot] Oil temp

[Greg Blake]

That’s hot. I routinely see 220-230 with an oil cooler in a hot TX summer 20 minute race  That’s flat out flogging my car though (you know how I drive). 

I doubt your oil is getting that hot on the street Dusty. Do you have any temperature indicator paint or strips?  Wonder if you could rig something up on the dipstick. Alternatively, get a long probe and dip it into the sump once the temp gauge hits that temp. At least you can correlate temps. 

If it’s accurate, something seems amiss. 

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> On Aug 25, 2021, at 11:51 AM, dustin nicholson via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> Amici,
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> I'm sorting out a new to me race car and don't like that the oil temperature gauge reads around 290 degrees.  I've never had an oil temp gauge on previous cars so I'm not sure what's normal (240?) but 290 seems high to me.  Yes?
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> More temp info:  Air temp is near 100 degrees.  Water temp is steady 185 degrees.  Big aluminum radiator with electric fan.  No oil cooler.  Oil temp sensor is in the aluminum finned oil pan.  IR temp gun says the outside of the pan is 170 degrees.  Maybe the oil temp gauge is wrong?  I wouldn't expect such a big difference between the outside of the pan and the oil temp.
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> Engine info:  mild engine, stock compression, fast road cam (270 is my guess), supercharger with the medium size pully, pump gas
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> Maybe I'm worrying about nothing.  I just know that racing in 2 weeks at Eagles Canyon in Texas is going to be hot and I want to make it through the weekend.
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> Thanks,
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> Dusty Nicholson
> 1955 TR3 #72
> 1957 TR3 #43
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