[jflogerzi]

Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

Normally, in traffic, for any car, IATs would increase, as well as, oil temps and water temps, but you are saying after adding an oil cooler that these temps increased even more in traffic? That sounds odd. With the fans blowing, the increased thermal surface area would definitely dissipate heat, and if the fans weren’t blowing then there isn’t much heat exchange happening anyways, as air is a poor conductor, which is why it is used as insulation. Regardless, there isn’t more heat in the system by adding an oil cooler, so much as, moving heat from the engine to the exchanger, so what hurts one thing says you, I would say benefits another thing. Even if there is heat in the air in front of the exchanger that you can feel, heat flows across a temperature gradient, so as long as the oil or air was hotter, heat would be lost to the environment. Obviously the delta would be less, so the rate of exchange would be less, but this seems very negligible, again, especially considering the size difference between the radiator and oil cooler. Just saying.

alot of people report worse IATs and issues in stop and go with traffic with Turbo setups, FMICs and oil cooler rad stack in front.... One thing you could try as well is getting the JR Dual Rad which is and oil cooler and bigger radiator in one. Its not suited for heavy track work but street, Canyon, and light track duty its fine. As with other don't down grade. Just eliminate each potential issue 1 by 1. But welcome to modified twin life. Our engine bay stock is an oven, now add in more power, a hot turbo