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If you can get ahold of another oil pan, it might be interesting to first add heat sinks under the windage tray from the bottom of the pan (so that the oil surrounds them)
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Great minds think alike.
I was just toying with that idea today and now I think I have the design. It's a pan heater sandwich: heat sink, gasket, hole in pan, gasket, 1/8 aluminium, heat sink grease, element, steel cover. (optional: appliance insulation, stainless cover) Two bolts through the whole assembly except the heat sink which would be blind tapped.
It sounds complicated but I think I could easily throw this together in a couple of hours, minus the stainless cover.
I can steal the pan off the old tranny. Engine oil heater could be done later.
I sure wish I had a little milling machine.
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Ever seen oil boiling? I haven't. I'd like to keep it that way
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Yeah, scary.
Having the heat sink would eliminate spot overheating of the oil as long as the wattage is low enough.
I wonder if my local plastic shop sells high temperature plastic. That stuff would come in handy for these kinds of applications.