mikelv
15+ Year Contributor
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- Jun 17, 2006
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Columbus,
Georgia
I am not worried about the heat whatsoever. This is not a road-race or time-attack car; it is a street/drag car.
I have never had an oil temperature issue, but I am also running a 11"x13" oil cooler with -10AN lines. If you really wanted to, you could use gold reflect foil and lined the outside of the oil pan. Really though, the wrap on the downpipe where it is, is all I need in this circumstance. The oil cooler is in the driver-side front nose and gets a direct air source from the brake duct.
As long as you have a properly sized intercooler and oil cooler for your application, there should be no reason to run a spray bar or sprayer system.
The only time I ever spray water on my intercooler is at the dyno just to maintain a constant surface air temperature since there is only air flow from the fans; not from the actual wind-speed of driving at 30-110mph in 3rd gear.
My thoughts too brother, just I've always tried to find insight on thermal efficiency.
Looks like one hell of a " full-boogie" motor, good luck to you man.
Keep us all in the loop.