Sportivo oil temp? Oil cooling?

[LFT-OOF]

Alright guys this has been on my mind a bit lately coming into a few hotter days. regarding to oil temps in sportivo's. Does anyone know how hot there oil has gotten? If so when should an oil cooler be added? on the hotter days such as the 42c the other day i notice the difference in performance ect im guessing due to oil temp and air temp barely felt like a hit lift or could this be the oil im using is too thick..? 5-30w

[SuperDave]

The sluggishness you're feeling is caused by the increased intake temperature, nothing to do with the oil temperature.

I've got a 19 row oil cooler on my car and it is over kill on the street, I have it blocked off. I even have an oil thermostat. The Sportivo actually comes with a factory oil to water cooler, it sits between the oil filter and the block.

As for if you need more cooling capacity you'll need to determine what your oil temperature actually gets to. I've found the sump temperature is pretty close to oil temperature (makes sense). Oil temperature is also pretty close to oil temperature. If you buy one of those outdoor weather stations for like $20-30 and tape the probe to the sump, you can get a pretty good idea for cheap. If your oil temp is getting over 130*C then there is an issue. Oil starts to oxidise above 120*C from memory. You'll be surprised at how, even on the hottest days, you still won't get near 120*C.

As for oil choice, 5w30 for summer time should still be fine. But adding an oil cooler won't reduce the sluggishness of lift, as that is an intake temperature issue.

[Kenshin X]

I really dont hit lift with any outside temperature above 25 degrees...

[123R-Prozak]

I really dont hit lift with any outside temperature above 25 degrees...

I lift it any temp outside

I've got a oil temp sensor in my pulsar turbo, only gets to 90, of I'm really boosting it hard for a while gets to 105, MAYBE 110.. That's it really, once a hot day sitting in traffic it got to 110..

Cara look after themselves I find..

[Kenshin X]

The reason why i dont hit lift in those temperatures not because im afriad of blowing my car up but because i dont see the point because of the bog down i get from increased intake temp. Also i got aircon on :P

[fillit]

The reason why i dont hit lift in those temperatures not because im afriad of blowing my car up but because i dont see the point because of the bog down i get from increased intake temp. Also i got aircon on :P

real men do aircon delete

[Kenshin X]

Those real men are also real stupid