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Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG
I think this is more representative of cooler vs. no cooler data. To me it is not entirely conclusive as I have not observed the same behavior on my car. I will be switching to a setup to log oil temps and pressure on my car next year.
https://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91820 |
Yeah, this is one of my go-to sources, it would be GREAT to get some more data like this, specifically oil temp and oil pressure going into the engine (post-cooler), with and without oil cooler, as well as *max* oil temp (pre-cooler, or sump?). Might be much to ask?
Might as well post up data from the link:
What this is telling us: an oil cooler does bring oil temps down at the track, in this case by about 25F-30F. But is 275F *really* a problem for good synthetic oil? I don't think it is. But what about oil pressure? Plot shows the same pressure for the same 5w30 oil whether it's at 275F without an oil cooler (yellow), or at 250F *with* an oil cooler (green). This is only one set of data, but the conclusion could be drawn that pressure drop due to the cooler nearly exactly offsets the pressure that should have been gained due to cooler oil.