Reply to "How should I be driving my engine?"

Bosswrench, thanks for all your tips and expertise.

I have no plans to run an oil cooler presently. My oil temps are perfect, between 200-230, probably a bit higher when I get to really driving the car harder, but I'd much rather have my oil temps get up to 250-270 than run around all day every day with my temps at 165 running an oil cooler.

I know oils are rated at a certain temp, like 200 or 210, and if your engine never gets hotter than 210 then you're never boiling off any water than might build up inside the engine. I'm Very aware of oil temps and where I think they should be, and so far, Snow White is running right in the sweet spot, so I'm not touching anything.

My neighbor had an air-to-oil oil cooler on his pantera, and had BIG problems with cavitation and loss of oil pressure at high rpm's, he too took his oil cooler off and chucked it into the trash.

I only got to know Roger for the couple days we did business together for the car, but I liked him a lot. He's a very cool, no nonsense kind of guy, who really knew his stuff.

I also agree, Sprint cars are the shit! Those guys are REAL men driving those cars. I'll watch Nascar if it's on, because I don't watch sports, just motorsports, on TV.

I live very close to Calistoga and Petaluma where they run the sprint cars, I love watching them!


I'm very lucky to have been able to buy Roger's car.
I'm also very much enjoying this forum, and all the great information and good people that I'm meeting here. Thanks to everyone!