[DeTomaso] Oil temperature

[Asa Jay Laughton]

I think there are two methods available; oil to air and oil to water.   
I know John Taphorn and others have run an oil to water with great  
success.  He will have to chime in to tell us how well it works in  
open road racing.

As I recall, Dennis Antenucci runs a different style of oil to water  
these days, but input from other long time Pantera racers I've talked  
with have used air to oil very successfully.

The water to oil can be mounted any place you have room and can get  
all the plumbing to.  I think the most common is in the space behind  
the passenger side.  Air to oil limits the options.  One is to buy or  
modify the right rear quarter splash shield just in front of the right  
rear wheel.  Hall Pantera used to sell an off the shelf solution that  
did that.

Other folks who have had success with different methods will need to speak up.

Asa
As I am reading responding in chronological order, others may already  
have responded and I don't know it yet.  ;)


Quoting Jack Donahue <demongusta at gmail.com>:

> Out of curiosity, where would you add an oil cooler? And would it be  
> an air-to-liquid - or - liquid-to-liquid cooler? Having moved the  
> A/C condenser to the front, I was thinking of using the original  
> condenser-space for an air-to-liquid cooler with a pusher fan. I get  
> the feeling, however, that it’s a waste of time, which sounds  
> good/great to me. The old “track-pushing-hard” syndrome left me a  
> few years back. Always looking for a way to NOT look at the temp  
> gauge on hot days in traffic.
>
>> On Jun 11, 2016, at 1:40 PM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso  
>> <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
>>
>> AJ,
>>
>> Since you had instrumentation, what were your temps when driving at  
>> freeway speeds?
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jun 11, 2016, at 13:18, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Talking with another open road racer a few years ago about this  
>>> topic, I was told you want about 230 degrees F and nothing near  
>>> 290.  That's a nearly 60 degree difference.  But the way he gave  
>>> me the information makes me think you want to make sure you stay  
>>> down around 230.  People smarter than me will know a lot more than  
>>> me.  I also run Amsoil full synthetic and there is a temp for  
>>> viscocity breakdown but I don't have the spec in front of me.
>>>
>>> For open road racing, depnding on the engine build and speed, a  
>>> racer will definitely want an oil cooler.  Last year I ran the 120  
>>> class and spent a good amount of time near 130.  My oil temp ran  
>>> right around 230, so I knew if I wanted to move up to the 130-140  
>>> class, I'd need to add an oil cooler.
>>>
>>> Your mileage may vary,
>>> Asa  Jay
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Quoting Jack Donahue <demongusta at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> Once again, as summer approaches, cooling becomes an issue and  
>>>> topic of some discussion. Rather than beating the radiator, water  
>>>> pump, thermostat, and pressure cap horses to death, I thought I  
>>>> would  pursue the oil temperature. So, all you gurus, what is the  
>>>> normal range of an oil temperature in these beautiful beasts? My  
>>>> next little project (get in line) is to install an oil temp  
>>>> gauge. Waste of time? I guess I need some feedback. All input is  
>>>> appreciated.
>>>> #4348
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