Car getting real hot....

69hemibeep said

I said depending on conditions. Come on down here and try one our 6% 5 mile long climbs at 110 degrees and the temp gauge will get your attention no doubt. A higher temp keeps oil pollutants down also and 165 is fine for a race car they dump the oil so often. My toys I tune for maximum horse power, my daily drivers I tune for maximum efficiency

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It gets damn near that hot up here.

No one I know gets dirty oil from less than near boiling coolant temps. My question is have you ever lowered the coolant temps and made the tuning changes to benefit from it?

You can call ANY oil manufacturer in the country and they will tell you engine coolant temp has zero affect on oil life.

I don’t even believe that hotter engine temps make less pollutants. The OE’s have to worry about CAFE standards (what a crock of crap that is) and getting the cats fired off and making them live over 100,000 miles. I don’t give a single crap about ANY of that. And I’m not talking race cars either.