Originally Posted by Jan Niemi
Do not install an oil cooler until:
A. You know more about motor oil
B. You know your baseline oil temperature (Install a gauge!!!)
regular motor oil likes temps below 230 F, synthetics 270 F
If you are not exceeding these temperatures, do not waste your time.
On a hot trackday (dragstrip) my oil temps have never exceeded 210 F
(I run Syntec)
You want to keep your oil temp on par with your coolant temp.
No need for an oil temp gauge, when your on track, you're very unlikely to have the opportunity to look at it any way, further, rule of thumb, the cooler your car is, oil or water, the more power you make, and in the case of track days, the less oil you burn. Also, the drag strip never puts anywhere near the punishment of almost 2 hours of track time. Our track car, which we happen to have an oil temp gauge on, even with a three row oil coller is pushing well into the 3's when we run enduros, and for shorter, like 20 min track sessions, the high 2's low 3's. Either way, it's never a bad thing to have, just make sure you do it right the first time, otherwise it could be a very expensive mistake.
Well, either way, good luck,
Aj