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Old 2006-08-24, 09:57 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by sperry
Something tells me that he's going to be seeing 1200F EGTs at idle... and since it's not a street driven car (well, not supposed to be anyway) it should see proper warm-up, then be run hard when it's run, so oil cooling shock shouldn't be an issue.
Yeah it might be a non-issue, I just remember how long it took the oil temp to come up on the yellow car. If you went out cold in the morning it would take at least a couple full laps at Buttonwillow before the oil was fully up to temp... and that cooler setup had a thermostat.
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