X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [208.97.132.119] (HELO randymail-a11.g.dreamhost.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.16) with ESMTP id 3892719 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:06:10 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=208.97.132.119; envelope-from=ryan@deadfrog.net Received: from ip-64-125-249-253.morganfranklin.com (unknown [64.125.249.253]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by randymail-a11.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93F88109EAF for ; Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:05:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Ryan Wilkins Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1076) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-12-732944945 Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Cold Oil ... was Spark Plugs Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:05:35 -0500 In-Reply-To: To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1076) --Apple-Mail-12-732944945 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Is there some guidance somewhere indicating the appropriate =20 temperature range? I've just recently started to look into using a =20 20B for a homebuilt (probably Velocity XL5) and I'm just trying to =20 make sense of all this. As this is my first post to the list, I'll =20 introduce myself a little later on today. Thanks, Ryan Wilkins On Oct 20, 2009, at 1:26 PM, Jeff Whaley wrote: > Hey Rino, I would agree that 125F is too cold as well. > My situation is different though as the water temp is 175F when the =20= > oil is 135F =85 I plan to make some restrictor grills for my oil =20 > cooler inlets =96 shooting for 160F year-round. Don=92t forget that = is =20 > oil-inlet temperature; not sure what the pan or oil-out temperature =20= > would be. > Jeff --Apple-Mail-12-732944945 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Is there some guidance somewhere indicating the = appropriate temperature range? I've just recently started to look = into using a 20B for a homebuilt (probably Velocity XL5) and I'm just = trying to make sense of all this. As this is my first post to the = list, I'll introduce myself a little later on = today.

Thanks,

Ryan = Wilkins

On Oct 20, 2009, at 1:26 PM, = Jeff Whaley wrote:

Hey Rino, I would agree = that 125F is too cold as well.
My situation is different though = as the water temp is 175F when the oil is 135F =85 I plan to make some = restrictor grills for my oil cooler inlets =96 shooting for 160F = year-round. Don=92t forget that is oil-inlet temperature; not sure = what the pan or oil-out temperature would = be.