dassaur
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Couldnt you just put a 100C thermostat?Oil to water oil coolers are great for bringing up oil temps from cold, but they heat soak terribly when on it for extended periods
Alot of cars have them standard, I fitted one off a Subaru Forester to my Toyota 86, it looks like it was meant to be there, you can just see it under the oil filter
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But, for your street car you need to data log temps, both daily driving, running the 1/4, 1000 mtrs or on the track
Even with a thermostat oil can sometimes not get warm enough, or, the cooler you pick isn't big enough, or small enough
A external oil cooler will slightly lower oil pressure, some designs are worse than others, a cooler with short tubes, but lots of rows is better than longer tubes with less rows, but then packaging get in the way
My old R33 needed a big air to oil cooler for track work, it has a high pressure high volume Tomei oil pump, and temps would never get over 110-115°c and oil pressure was spot on, but, on the street, temps wouldn't get over 80-90°C, I needed to cover the heatsink with a sheet of aluminium to be able to get my oil temp to an operating temp I was happy with i.e. 100°c
I know they make them for LS
Low-Profile Oil Cooler Thermostat for LS Engines
Uses factory bypass port above oil filter to add oil cooler ports to GM LS engines. Built-in thermostat accelerates warm-up and maintains a minimum oil temperature in most conditions. Low-profile design maximizes header clearance. Optional plug & play oil temp sensor for factory C5 Corvette oil...
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