Oil cooler ? Should I be running one ?
I run my oil cooler under the car where the stock muffler would be with a fan controlled by the Holley
oil heats up basically as fast as it did before without the cooler and I turn the fan on at 185 the hottest I’ve seen was 209 doing 70 on the highway pulling a trailer in 95* heat on dragweek
also helps to cool the oil back down after a pass so the oil temp stays very consistent during the day at the track
Never had any moisture in the oil even when the car was on e85 all the time and doing short drives around town
oil heats up basically as fast as it did before without the cooler and I turn the fan on at 185 the hottest I’ve seen was 209 doing 70 on the highway pulling a trailer in 95* heat on dragweek
also helps to cool the oil back down after a pass so the oil temp stays very consistent during the day at the track
Never had any moisture in the oil even when the car was on e85 all the time and doing short drives around town
Did you stay with stock PCV or are you running a vacuum pump?
I run my oil cooler under the car where the stock muffler would be with a fan controlled by the Holley. oil heats up basically as fast as it did before without the cooler and I turn the fan on at 185 the hottest I’ve seen was 209 doing 70 on the highway pulling a trailer in 95* heat on dragweek. also helps to cool the oil back down after a pass so the oil temp stays very consistent during the day at the track. Never had any moisture in the oil even when the car was on e85 all the time and doing short drives around town
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if it doesn’t have the factory oil cooler ports you can use a spin on adapter which is what my buddies doing with his moroso pan he’s also doing a remote mount filter now too because it put the filter too low
Mine came with an aluminum adapter that bolted into the factory cooler spot that accommodated both cooler lines and two 1/8" NPT ports for the turbo oil feed and the temp sensor.
You want the improved racing thermostatic adapter that holts to the side
This is the full size version they have a thin version too
https://www.improvedracing.com/lsx-l...rear-sump.html
https://www.improvedracing.com/lsx-l...rear-sump.html
