Hi all:
We race a Volvo station wagon in Lemons/Lucky Dog out here on the West coast. We're raging our B230 motor -- 2.3L 4cylinder turbo -- at maximum load for not less than six hours at a pop. I highly suspect that our oil temperature is really high, despite an oil cooler. I'm thinking of running Redline 60wt race oil in order to maintain viscosity at those higher temps. Thoughts?
Impetus behind the switch would be a seized cam that happened last race, likely due to an oiling issue, and I suspect likely because the oil thinned out too much at high heat. 10w-30 Mobil 1 is what was in it.
Thoughts?
We race a Volvo station wagon in Lemons/Lucky Dog out here on the West coast. We're raging our B230 motor -- 2.3L 4cylinder turbo -- at maximum load for not less than six hours at a pop. I highly suspect that our oil temperature is really high, despite an oil cooler. I'm thinking of running Redline 60wt race oil in order to maintain viscosity at those higher temps. Thoughts?
Impetus behind the switch would be a seized cam that happened last race, likely due to an oiling issue, and I suspect likely because the oil thinned out too much at high heat. 10w-30 Mobil 1 is what was in it.
Thoughts?