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Old 10-18-2018, 09:01 PM   #128
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Originally Posted by kch View Post
It can never cool the oil below your coolant temps (so on track, 200f maybe? and it will never get even close to that). In a way, that style of cooler is really more of an "oil warmer" for cold-weather climates, as it gets your oil up to temperature faster. But there's no way it can cool enough for serious track use.
Properly designed and sized, a water-to-oil cooler is considerably more efficient than an air-to-oil cooler. So, while the Forester version may not be suitable, I wouldn't toss out all water-to-oil coolers.
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