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Originally Posted by Flash68
Yeah it makes sense the added 3 quarts would help temps. It was either dry sump or accusump for me, but I wanted this modding session to be easy as possible. Dry sump presented many more changes ($$).
So you don't think you'll do any track days? Ahem, Buttonwillow! I mean, a session is a session and they are long and while my previous motor was not worth a lot of money, my new motor is and yours is big $ so I think it's cheap protection. It's pretty easy to plumb in and only a few hundred bucks for everything.
Oh, oil cooler was already done last year. Decent sized Earl's piece with -10An lines and the Mocal 180* thermostat.
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Meh, I'll probably take my Ford out to Buttonwillow. We'll see. I would want to add an oil cooler and power steering cooler, as well as an accusump, which I'd want to keep out of the engine bay. I'd also need clear bra, which I never replaced after the accident, and that stuff isn't cheap either.
Question. Now, I come from LS land, so I'm not that familiar with good ol' small blocks, but the 180 degree thermostat seems low to me. What were your oil temps getting to when your old engine was still in good working condition?
Matt