A picture of my temp gauge after a long hard sprint around the track..

[AAKVIPER]

Not bad, right?

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hpho...84425746_100001370784298_480139_4814966_n.jpg

Arthur

 

[01sapphirebob]

Don't remember my gauge getting that high but it was pretty cool out when I was on the track plus it was raining. The oil pressure looks low though.

 

[Dom426h]

+1, my temp stays alittle cooler than that(maybe 1or2 ticks less on trackdays). But it can depend on: how hot the air is, the specific track you are running, and your driving style.
Oil pressure does look low. I wander why? What oil are you running.brand/weight?

 

[AZTVR]

I have been out with 2 other Gen 2 on a 90F day with lots of 3rd gear driving and all had the same temps. i.e., at least as high as what you are showing (actually higher).

 

[bluesrt]

Unreal how those years the cooling systems and gaskets r complete junk. 90 and 91 zr1 systems sucked bigtime too. Did the engineers of that era have there heads up there asses

 

[AAKVIPER]

Guys remember the car on a 88 degree day was at idol showing the oil gauge needle at that spot. When I rev it up, the oil needle goes up as well. Not sure how accurate these gauges are on an 1994 RT-10.

Art

 

[plumcrazy]

that is fine, dont sweat it.

 

[PDCjonny]

My '98 ran consistently there even on cool days once it warmed up.
Those gauges are notoriously inaccurate.

 

[SandViper]

Not bad, right?

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hpho...84425746_100001370784298_480139_4814966_n.jpg

Arthur

mine looks the same

 

[Paul Hawker]

Racing Gen I & II was more a matter of heat management that who could drive the fastest around the track.

Running full throttle over 4,500 RPM put more heat into the engine than the radiator could remove. You needed to go up a gear on the straight aways to alow the engine to cool down enough to allow you to reserve enought cooling to go full throttle out of the tighter corners.

In a similar manner the brakes tended to overheat the brake lines, and cause the fluid to boil. We put in metal lines, porsche air deflectors, changed out to higher boiling point Castrol fluids. The brakes also tended to flat spot the right front tire.

Pulling into the pits after a hard run required drivers to raise their hoods to cool the engine enough to go out again for the next stint.

Putting on a supercharger just caused all these issues to get worse.

Gen III cured most of the cooling issues, and the brakes had far less tendency to fade.

Putting on a supercharger just caused all these issues to get worse

 

[1994viper]

Thats looks normal to me, I have seen higher on my 94 on a track. Even on hot days with high humidity in 1st- 2nd gear trafic I get the same reading.

 

[Doug Supercharged Vipers]

that is fine, dont sweat it.

Couldn't have said it better!

 

[AAKVIPER]

Oil pessure numbers As well?

Arthur

 

[plumcrazy]

im going to assume that oil pressure was at idle, if so, its fine. as long as it goes up to around 40 while driving, higher when beating on it

 

[AAKVIPER]

Yes it was at idle on a very hot day.. when driving it went to 40 plus psi..
Arthur

 

[plumcrazy]

that is fine, dont sweat it.

 

[Catwood]

I feel good when mine's (and previous ones) are that low at the track.

 

[ViperTony]

Normal. Mine looked like that, and higher, after track sessions on a hot (90+) humid day. I now have an SCT tune that turns the fan on sooner, plus a Roe fascia kit and now my temps don't get past 200 on hot/humid day on the track. Your temp appears normal to me if not pretty darn good.

 

[SoCal Rebell]

When I used to regularly run Willow Springs in my Gen 2 it got really hot there. 115 at times, I used to run at 250 (on the gauge) often. I would have to put the heater on some times to stop her from getting too hot. You can run at 250 safely, what you have to look out for is the over heating warning light come on, that's when it gets dangerous, the light only came on once and I immediately shut it down.