Water or Oil temp before pushing it?

[Flavor 987S]

As an owner of an aircooled (oil cooled) Porsche, you'd be amazed how L O N G it takes for the oil temp to come up to operating temp. Best to wait before you get too giggy with it.

Nice to hear the 981 instrument cluster has the oil temp gauge, like the 911's do. I wish my 987 did. I've know some 987 owners with Sport Chrono who have removed the stopwatch and added an oil temp gauge instead. Smart.

[southernstar]

Yes, oil temp is the most critical. However, as I recall from tests, synthetic oil is MUCH more effective at lower temperatures than petroleum products - even on cold winter start-ups. I suspect that once your water temperature is up to normal operating temperatures, a good synthetic will do just fine at lubrication even though it is still somewhat cooler than ideal.

Brad

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by Flavor 987S

I've know some 987 owners with Sport Chrono who have removed the stopwatch and added an oil temp gauge instead. Smart.

so the big ugly wart turned out to be good for something afterall. Now why didn't Fritz think of that first?

[Flavor 987S]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

so the big ugly wart turned out to be good for something afterall. Now why didn't Fritz think of that first?

I used mine to suction-cup the Garmin to.

[ekam]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

so the big ugly wart turned out to be good for something afterall. Now why didn't Fritz think of that first?

But how would I know what my lap time to get milk is compare to the week before?