best oil coolers ? help

ChrisSlicks

The oil temp warms up quickly if the car is not moving or if moving slowly, if you are driving at highway speeds it can take a while to get up to temperature. When I drove through Canada at the end of August last year the temp got stuck at 160F on the highway. The air was just too cool. For driving that time of year I think a thermostatic plate would be helpful, in the winter only a block off plate works.

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roy'sz

Im lookin at 15min warmup time. I start my car at 1140 at night, change my shoes lock up my shop and when i come out my car is almost 160 depending on ambient temp. By the time I hit the highway my car is at 180 but cools down to the low 160's. So I guess I misunderstood why ae was sayin no need for a thermo. I also forgot most people don't work 3-midnight like i do. That is why im goin with the thermo but I have heard also of having to do a partial block off on the 34row.

ChrisSlicks

The thermostatic plate will allow 80-90% of the oil to bypass the cooler, but if it is cool enough then even running with just a 10% flow the core and still bring the oil temp down by a good margin (low flow rate but large temperature drop due to long time in cooler). In Riverside I think you should be okay with just a thermostatic plate added to the 34. If temps are regularly getting below 50F then you will definitely need a partial block off.

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