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      08-20-2023, 10:11 PM   #1012
san40k
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Drives: 2008 E90 335i N54 6MT
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: WA

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a few data points tracking E90 335i n54 6MT sedan in ~80F ambient on Pacific Raceways:
- I run ancient JB3 in map3, sometimes 92 octane, sometimes 93 (by adding 2 gallons of 100 octane)
- My peak straight speeds are ~120-130 mph, not going after records there since I run stock sport package brake disks with carbotech x10 pads
- my oil temps peak at 280F without loss of performance (knock on wood)
- oil temps seem to be the same with stock 15 years old oil cooler AND upgraded CSF cooler (surprise for me..)
- no idea on coolant temps so far
- comparable peak temps on stock car vs bolt ons (DPs, 7" FMIC, hot side piping and charge pipe) on the same JB3 tune
- I can speculate (no data to prove) that ~5 seconds improvement in lap time resulted in about 10F increase in peak oil temps, at least from ~270F to 280F, or it could be warmer/wetter/drier days



PS: hope knocking on wood helps

Last edited by san40k; 09-16-2023 at 11:59 PM.. Reason: add engine
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