rad and coolant

[Robert McGhie]

At 04:54 PM 10/20/97 -0700, you wrote:
>bobthecomputerguy said:
>> get better economy.  A note about oil.  Seems to lubricate best at about
>180 f=20
>>  average and somewhere it MUST exceed the boiling point of water on an
>open=20
>> surface in order to drive the water out.  If you don't, all the water
>makes=20
>> sulfuric and nitric acid in your oil and all the wonnerfull things that
>follow.
>
>> Robert Harris <bob at bobthecomputerguy.com>
>
>Bob,
>I am curious about where you heard 180=B0F on oil temps.  Most of the guys=
 I
>have
>talked to in the racing circles run around 240=B0F+.
>
>Jim Boughton
>

Oil temp should be above 212=B0F to boil off water and fuel dilution from=
 cold
starting.

Robert