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Old 03-24-2013, 10:47 AM   #2352
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Originally Posted by AVOturboworld View Post

The car was logged the entire time so we could track water and oil temps, along with a lot of other data we were keeping an eye on. Over the course of the day, the max water temperature we hit was 106° C, which dropped to 98°C when the heater turned on. Oil temperatures hit 140°C at max, which dropped to 135°C when the heater went on. In direct comparison, another BRZ being driven at the same time that was N/A and running a large oil cooler was hitting 117° C oil temperatures.

Needless to say, it was a fairly comprehensive thrashing of the car at the track. Yet at no time did the car overheat. One reason for that is that the oem radiator cap is 1.1-bar unit.
I would almost consider that oil temperature as overheating. I don't think many people were expecting overheating to the point of limp mode/not running.
That is way too hot, where were you measuring oil temperature?
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