The theory goes like this:
If it's possible or likely for our cars to experience oil surge at high Gs on the circuit, particularly when fitted with R compound rubber (as mentioned
here)
...and if the stock oil pump has to work harder to move the larger volumes of oil around and/or maintain oil pressures when fitting an aftermarket oil cooler (as mentioned
here)...
...then might fitting an typical oil cooler kit on our car possibly result in a greater chance of experiencing catastrophic oil starvation issues on track given that the stock oil pump, which might already have surge issues, would be working even harder to handle the oil cooler?
I'm seeing oil temps of around 108-110 degrees from just rigorous daily driving (water temps in the 90s), let alone out on track, so immediately thought of adding an oil cooler. Also thinking of sticking R compounds (Pirelli Trofeo Rs, R888s, NT01s or similar) on the car for serious track duty but then this whole 'starvation' theory popped into my head.
Sorry if this is a dumb theory. I am very curious to get some proper insight on this from people more in the know than I am, especially before I drop the $$$ on an oil cooler kit.
My tuner was talking about running a modified oil cooler kit with an uprated or separate oil pump to cure this issue and possibly lower oil temps further. They're actually planning on prototyping and testing something similar out soon. Curious what peeps might think of that approach as well.
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