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Well,, I was all set to buy an expensive oil cooling system untill CAbimmer asked me if I really needed one.. I was stuned!! Need? "Hell! I don't know." (I said) "Maybe an oil presure and temp.guages would be the first step,, and cost WAY less". (he said) Go figure some kid tryen to steer a guy damn near old enough to be his Dad in a direction to save some money?? I thought he was being deceitful, and just wanted me to cook the motor (we may be racing against each other some day) Turns out CAbimmer is a stand-up Dude (I always knew that) and that all the guys that know about such stuff (JC,friend of mine) confirms that: "One needs to determine if his(or her) engine requires additional cooling, based on current driving style.(period)
So as my driving "style" becomes "Faster"... I may, Indeed require additional oil cooling,, But I suspect that by the time that happens Cabimmer will be going national,, and I'll be looking for an spec E30... IM COMMIN CASH!!!!
WDC
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I NEVER ASKED!!
I'm seeing 50-60lbs of oil pressure @speed and
210f oil temp around town. sound within parameters??
WDC
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Thats on par with what mine runs.
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Doug (BMWCCA DE Instructor)
1999 Titanium Silver M3 245 RWHP 227 ft/lb, Rev. tested to 7614 RPMWith Stuff
2000 540i 6 speed H&R Sports & Bilsteins, 545 shifter. Better than the 2006 325i it replaced
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| 210 is about right 50-60 psi until its warm then the pressure roughly tracks with the RPM's. For example, 30 psi at 3k. By roughly I mean ROUGHLY, I want to be clear on that. I'm still on the fence on the oil cooler. It's gonna cost me $600 best case for a setup. Although my peak track temps are high (260-270) they aren't outside of synthetic oil spec.
Jeron
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97 M3/4 Byzanz/Magma; 2001 330i Silver/Gray; 97 R1100RT; 91 F-150 5.8l
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| I wouldn't worry about oil temps until you are regularly over 250. General rule of thumb for oil pressure is 10 psi per 1000 rpms.
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