oil cooler temp Options

[SirAndy]

anyone ever bothered to measure the running temp of a front-oilcooler?
does it even get hot enough to use it as a heater "replacement"?
brad said that he doesn't like the front-coolers that route the air upwards
with an exit through the trunk lid because you get all the hot air in the car
when the top is off.
question is, does it really get that hot?
if yes, i could route the air from the front cooler under the hood right into
the inside to get some heat.

what'ya'think?

[brant]

JP,

I'm sick of too high of oil temp. In the past 15 years, I've tried quite a few different things... water squirting on the fan, different cooler positioning, higher octane fuel, and even aluminum tubing down the rockers to help dissapate heat...

My car is a 2 driver car. Driver 1 goes out for a 30 minute heat race... comes in hot. Sits on pregrid for 5 minutes and then driver two goes out.....

In some of my less effective set ups.. I too have seen my motor make less power (tighten up) with each lap.....

So the new car is a 2.0/6, and I refuse to have cooling problems... I'll run a dang good thermostat, and even with 110F at altitude, I hope to never worry about overheating...
SICK OF IT...

I just cut out the fenders, and am dumping the cooler exits into my wheel wells.. this is gonna be interesting.. can't wait to see how it works....

brant