Water / oil " normal " temperatures, your input needed ! Options

[Culpable04]

I have a 3rd gen 3sgte with berk tech downpipe, 3" exhaust system, running ~ 15 psi at the moment.

since day one I have had my eyes glued to my oil temperature / pressure gauges.

it has been always ~ 210 degrees F ( ~ 99C ) once the car is warmed up

lately I've seen my olil temperature get up to ~ 220-230F ( 104-110 C ) while cruising at ~ 2500 rpms

I'm using Mobil 1, I'm trying to understand why I'm getting hotter readings than before at the same crusing rpms with no changes on my setup.

also what's the " safe " range for the oil temperature to be ?

I know the 3s has an oil cooler that uses coolant to cool the oil down, so I checked my coolant level and is fine, I'm not leaking / losing any coolant.

any input on this ?

[BriinumsBo]

110 C was quite normal cruising at 100km/h (60mph) on my st185
ideal is 95-105
my st185 could go up to 125 very fast (3 laps around icy lake in winter), if i drove 120kmh+ it would go to 115-120. i dont know if this is normal, but definitely many 3sgte owners see their engine being more hot than others. make sure you have good coolant inside as the hot engine and oil cooler heat it up quickly when you drive aggressive. my radiator blew up when i was doing silly **** for ~7minutes - as soon as i drove off the area and rpms dropped, the coolant just heated up terribly fast and bomb..

silly ****: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNQDlZbmKI4

blowup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9wlbd6dEoQ