Oil temps: 335 comparitive observation.

Jordo! · 05-20-2014, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Mitco39

By an engineering standpoint as long as you have a good conductive paste between the oil pan and the fins this would actually work quite well. No different than an electrical heat sink.

I should also point out that before my trip in the mountians I had the plastic undershroud off the car and it would run down in the 180s that way. I might pull it back off to see if there is a correlation between running with it off and cooler temps. I would imagine there would be significantly more airflow around the engine with it removed.

I thought about adding a vent to the undershroud (and I believe there is a modshack DIY for that on here), but I don't remember what the final verdict was on what other effects occur -- poorer MPG by being a bit less slippery to air under the car or changing how air flows over the radiator, for example.

I think it remains an open question without further testing...