Man, people really sweat what amount to normal oil temps. You need 210-215 to boil off any moisture that can accumulate from short, around town trips anyway. I did install a Z1 24 row cooler on mine, but mainly due to where I live. OP, don't sweat the trip at all. If you have kept up on the maintenance, you'll be fine.

I had issues with oil temps, but never with long distance driving. That was always the one time when there were NO issues. high temps always seemed to be related to high RPMs and really not speed. In fact, before I installed my oil cooler, I'd jump on the interstate to get enough air flowing across my gizmos to cool the motor (and oil) down.

Maybe if you're driving 900 mph...in third gear, I could see it; else, I can't imagine.

I tow a small trailer, full of NOS. lol

:confused: where the hell did you go? lol

Thanks for the input everyone. Well I made it. Temps were a max of about 225 the whole way. Averaged about 85 mph the whole way. Now to enjoy myself and do it again on Thursday!

Sheesh, the ob/co crowd of gauge-watchers really has the newbies paranoid about the mythical oil temp problem.

Suwanee, GA to Hood River, OR and back. We took a northern route out (GA, AL, TN, KY, IN, IL, WI, MN, ND, MT, ID, WA and OR) and a southern route back (OR, ID, UT, AZ, NM, TX, LA, MS, AL and GA). Total mileage was 7312.7.

Yeah you want have any probs cruising at speed on the interstate at 80+mph. Highest I've seen with 100-105F temps at 80-85mph is like 230-235F.