Some Baseline Oil Temp readings....
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Some Baseline Oil Temp readings....
since the twin snails are out and on the way to japan for production, my oil temp gauge is still setup, so i decided to gather some data for those interested...
took a long drive ~ 60 minutes, and gathered oil temp readings throughout the drive and rpm/gears
here's what i came up with... please compare it to your oil temps if you have a gauge...
Ambient temp ranged from 70 degrees F when i started at an altitude of around 600 ASL to 2500 ASL and 82 degrees F when i ended..
Time Gear Rpm Oil Temp (*C)
1:00-5:00 3 3500 70
5:01-15:00 6 2000 80
15:01-40:00 6 3000 90
(Started the altitude climb ~35:00)
40:01-45:00 5 4000 95
45:01-47:00 4 5000 100
47:01-60:00 6 3000 90
60:01-65:00 Neutral 600 88
i will be doing some more Oil Temp readings when i take my Z (which i got back.. heh) on a 350mile trip to NorCal....
weeee.. data is fun!
--Cheston
took a long drive ~ 60 minutes, and gathered oil temp readings throughout the drive and rpm/gears
here's what i came up with... please compare it to your oil temps if you have a gauge...
Ambient temp ranged from 70 degrees F when i started at an altitude of around 600 ASL to 2500 ASL and 82 degrees F when i ended..
Time Gear Rpm Oil Temp (*C)
1:00-5:00 3 3500 70
5:01-15:00 6 2000 80
15:01-40:00 6 3000 90
(Started the altitude climb ~35:00)
40:01-45:00 5 4000 95
45:01-47:00 4 5000 100
47:01-60:00 6 3000 90
60:01-65:00 Neutral 600 88
i will be doing some more Oil Temp readings when i take my Z (which i got back.. heh) on a 350mile trip to NorCal....
weeee.. data is fun!
--Cheston
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Joined: Aug 2002
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From: Redondo Beach, CA
Enthuz-
tapped in an oil temp gauge- thats how....
some more interesting temps on my 330 mile / 4.5 hour trip to norcal tonite.
i saw it all.. high temp (101F all the way to 61F ambient temp!! Desert->Coastal)
Time RPM GEAR OIL TEMP (C) AMBIENT TEMP (F)
0:00-0:45 3500 6 95 101
(windy roads up to bakersfield)
0:45-1:30 3500 6 100 101
(long straight aways on HWY 5, with intermittent down shifts to 4th to pass cars at 100mph+)
1:30-3:00 3000 6 95 86
(after stopping for an hour for dinner, continued on HWY 5)
3:01-4:00 2500 6 85 64
(rapid temperature drop after the sunset, now fairly close to sea level ~500ft ASL, and very cold outside
4:00-4:15 4000 4 88 61
(decided to rev around town hard to see if the cooler temps would mean anything for the oil, not really)
4:15- 4:30 3500 3 85 60
(slow drive on windy mtn road)
4:30-4:34 600 Neutral 85 61
(cooling down)
looks like average operating temperature is around the 85-90C mark, only when running the car hard did i get it to go past 100C.
on another interesting note:
my Average Gas Mileage was 33.2 MPG
i love you ecu!
tapped in an oil temp gauge- thats how....
some more interesting temps on my 330 mile / 4.5 hour trip to norcal tonite.
i saw it all.. high temp (101F all the way to 61F ambient temp!! Desert->Coastal)
Time RPM GEAR OIL TEMP (C) AMBIENT TEMP (F)
0:00-0:45 3500 6 95 101
(windy roads up to bakersfield)
0:45-1:30 3500 6 100 101
(long straight aways on HWY 5, with intermittent down shifts to 4th to pass cars at 100mph+)
1:30-3:00 3000 6 95 86
(after stopping for an hour for dinner, continued on HWY 5)
3:01-4:00 2500 6 85 64
(rapid temperature drop after the sunset, now fairly close to sea level ~500ft ASL, and very cold outside
4:00-4:15 4000 4 88 61
(decided to rev around town hard to see if the cooler temps would mean anything for the oil, not really)
4:15- 4:30 3500 3 85 60
(slow drive on windy mtn road)
4:30-4:34 600 Neutral 85 61
(cooling down)
looks like average operating temperature is around the 85-90C mark, only when running the car hard did i get it to go past 100C.
on another interesting note:
my Average Gas Mileage was 33.2 MPG
i love you ecu!
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