On track oil temperature

[cloud9]

I'm interested in your oil temperature setup.... What oil temp gauge sender and sandwich plate adapter are you using? Would this work with the aeroforce gauges? Thanks...

I use a Glowshift adapter, but there are different brands out there. Just check ebay. The gauge I use is a Speedhut electric gauge which uses a small sending unit that threads into the adapter and extends into the oil stream. I believe aeroforce makes a sending unit that reads oil temprature.

Its kinda strange that my engine temps run 180 degrees while driving on the street, even in 90+ degree ambeint air temps. They rise to 205 when sitting in traffic. I do not know what temp the thermostat is, but I would have thought 195.

When on the track coolant temps get up to 210 while running. Could there be a difference between Fords cylinder head temp reading and actual the coolant temps in the block? Has anyone using a sending unit in the block actually seen 250 degree temps? I do run my car hard (I think) on the track, although I have not run it on a track in real hot temps. Why does my car run so cold compared to others?

Our t-stat is actually a 170. My coolant temp runs from anywhere in the high 170s to the 190s on the street. I just answered with an "average" street temp. The coolant temp I'm using is what's provided through OBDII on my Aeroforce gauge. TBH I don't know where that sender is located for water temps.

 

[06mach1]

Our t-stat is actually a 170. My coolant temp runs from anywhere in the high 170s to the 190s on the street. I just answered with an "average" street temp. The coolant temp I'm using is what's provided through OBDII on my Aeroforce gauge. TBH I don't know where that sender is located for water temps.

Intersting that the thermostat is only 170. That would help explain why I run 180 on the street. I would think the factory sender is in one of the heads, but not sure. I know I have never seen a sender in the block.

 

[cloud9]

Our t-stat is actually a 170. My coolant temp runs from anywhere in the high 170s to the 190s on the street. I just answered with an "average" street temp. The coolant temp I'm using is what's provided through OBDII on my Aeroforce gauge. TBH I don't know where that sender is located for water temps.

Intersting that the thermostat is only 170. That would help explain why I run 180 on the street. I would think the factory sender is in one of the heads, but not sure. I know I have never seen a sender in the block.

I was incorrect about the 170....it's 180 according to Reische Performance. I was thinking in relation to the 192 stat we have in our GT500s.....just knew it was lower. Here's some discussion on the t-stat in our cars:

http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/2012-boss-302-mustang-373/783463-reische-performance-thermostats-11-12-5-0l-boss.html

 

[shendrix99]

Cloud9 - how (and where) are you measuring oil temperature? My 2013 Boss runs warmer than yours on the street (200-230F depending on what I'm doing, and measured at the oil pan) but my oil is always a little hotter than water temperature regardless. I see you have an air-to-oil cooler - were you seeing my kind of temps before you installed it? Thanks. Steve.

Measuring oil with a sender off a T in the block location where they installed the factory oil pressure sensor. I installed the sender at the same time as the cooler so don't have any comparison data, but I'm sure my oil would run cooler than a factory boss without the air-to-oil cooler. My cooler sits out front right behind the pony in the grille.

Thanks Cloud9.