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01-26-2019, 03:51 PM | #1 |
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Epic Oil Diverter Valve Success!
I need a beer after this little adventure. A ridiculous number of things needed to be removed and then it took all of 3 minutes to substitute the valve for the thermostat. No idea how guys have made the swap w/o removing the oil filter housing. That spring in no joke! Curious what type of impact this will have on track day temps.
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Will do, although will be a few months, maybe March?
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Yeah, I know it's technically winter in San Diego, technically.....
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01-29-2019, 10:00 PM | #7 |
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I have one on my S54. Not a good idea for street driving below 50 degrees with 10w-60. The oil will never warm up.
It gives you a couple of minutes more of time below the red. Otherwise it didn't make a significant difference. I think a fresh OEM oil cooler and diverter valve will make a big difference.
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I've had the car for its' entire 10yr life and had a bunch of fun daily driving it for about eight of those years. Never did do much winter driving, especially after getting the SC. Big slow SUV was just the safer option. Started tracking last year and got quickly hooked so the car has become pretty much a dedicated track toy. Still have seats and brake ducts to put in before the weather warms up!
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Congrats! You will like this!
Installed it in my frd's e93 in Nov18. Starting with Cons: 1- Takes a lot of time to get to operating temps - minimum 12 mins. I think its safer to install an external thermostat but not sure if that makes sense. PROS: 1- after a good warm up Highway temps, city, and traffic temps Dropped from ~102C to 98C (215f to 208f) 2- Motorsport events temps: from 125C to ~115Cv (256 to 239f) however the car actually take less time for oil to cool back down. We did this on his car as the oil filter housing was leaking. We will monitor this more and report so we can see if we got lucky or everyone have the same outcome.
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i wonder how this would pair with the motorad thermostat that is supposed to get the car up to temp faster... might help get temps up faster, but then keep the temps cooler overall.
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On my S54, I have the valve and an in-line thermostat. It's an eBay unit which is the same thing that vendors sell except it costs 1/3. Its better than not having a t-stat. There is still flow to the oil cooler when the t-stat is closed. It's a function of keeping some pressure in the loop after the t-stat until it opens. So it still won't warm up as fast as the OE setup but it's better.
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(I did a write up of my first experiences with the oil diverter on track showing AIM Solo data charts. The main post is #1091 and the conversation continues in the next couple posts: https://www.m3post.com/forums/showth...158445&page=50 )
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So, you're in Laurel, MD? I grew up in Silver Spring, right off Seminary Rd/Georgia Ave exit off the Beltway. Went to U of M College Park. (Then 20 years in Los Angeles, and just moved to CO in June. But the track car is still in CA.) |
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Small world! Yep, been in HoCo Laurel for almost 20yr now. I know exactly where you grew up. My parents still live in the house I grew up in over in the Kemp Mill section of Silver Spring. I graduated from Northwood HS a VERY long time ago. Have moved away several times but always seem to find my way back.
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So far only driven three different locations on multiple occasions; Dominion (Va) 4x, Summit Point (WVa) 2x, & VIR 1x. Definitely in love with VIR and that's my favorite so far. Going to try and get to NJMSP & Road Atlanta at some point. I'm definitely hooked.
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I did not do ANY motorsports when I was on the East Coast. Looking back, I wish I had of course, but I had no money for that back then. At the MD College Park campus, they used to do Autocross in the commuter parking lots. I would watch as I was walking back to my car. Thought it looked cool, but was too chicken to try it. I could have been kicking some ass out there in the family's Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera!! hahahaha----sigh----so sad.... So many people speak highly of VIR. I have a long term goal of visiting the East Coast tracks with my car-----make a big road trip out of it. Of course, the logistics are a bit complicated so it will take quite a bit of planning. I think first, I would like to visit COTA. That will give me a flavor of what a long road trip/track trip involves. Or----my friend and I have already spoken to someone who is a full race mechanic that can haul two cars. That would be awesome---have someone else drive the rig and also provide full tech support, and we just fly in. Not cheap though......we'll see. It's fun to dream about! |
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I am not sure if the epic oil diverter is the magic solution to reduce the oil temp.
The oil return port is poorly blocked by the compressed spring. The data posted by dogbone shows that the diverter valve mod is just prolong the heat soak and give us few more laps. So, for TT runner, it could be good. But for anyone who typically run the full HPDE 20min session, this is not going to help. |
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