Finally back from the dragon.
Good news:
Radiator is still in one piece and no leaks.
It's finally warm enough to be up on the dragon.
Bad news:
Doesn't seem to help my temps on that road. This doesn't surprise me as it's relatively low speed. My data logger dongle finally gave up on me so I could only watch the oil temp gauge. Never got above 220 but that isn't far from what my oil cooler did for me.
I have noticed once the car gets above 55ish the oil temps start going down. I think this is a case of lack of air flow. It was also 63 and below 35% humidity so not exactly ideal conditions for this test. I ran the parkway home to see what it did at faster speeds and it dropped from 200-220 to 160-180 quickly. Say maybe in a mile or so. I couldn't get it to go any higher than 180 once it had cooled down.
It seems like this unit is suited to more of a track day setting than tight mountain roads. I don't believe it is any worse and I'm happy with oil temps holding under 220 given the circumstances.
I am looking into a better data logging setup to check the PIDs and see what's going on. I may also look into a gauge if I can't find a better solution. We are expecting snow again next week then hopefully it'll warm up and I can give it more of a workout in hotter weather.
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