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Old 08-11-2014, 07:51 PM   #12
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So I have a pretty detailed thread about oil pressure in the engine forum but I think you should do a before, after, and then after pressure test. What I'm saying is measure you pressure at the "mains" oil galley with no cooler, add a cooler and note the pressure and the temperature. If you are too hot and or your pressure is still too low I would then consider adding another cooler. If you add another cooler and you don't net a pressure gain then it was pointless.

Adding too much oil cooler, hose, and volume just means your oil pump has to work harder to push all that oil volume and the pressure drop from the cores. There still may be a net beneficial gain however so all I'm saying is have a way to quantify you are doing more good vs. harm.

If someone has already done the testing on a larger core vs. two cores then that might be the way to go. I may run two cores myself but only after I swap to an external oil pump.

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