Oil cooler choice.
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Oil cooler choice.
As I'm currently planning and buying for the next version of my car, I've come to the conclusion that I will need an oil cooler for track duty.
The specs of the car will be:
Intercooled turbo system on stock internals, S4 mani with inconel studs.
This will mostly see track in scandinavia, with the odd nordschleife excursion.
I'm leaning towards a mocal 16-row oil cooler with a thermostat block, since the car sees street/auto-x/track and I don't really want it running to cold.
So what do you guys think of my choice? What do you use for oil cooling?
Please chime in, especially you guys from tx / cal, as you see high ambient temps.
cheers.
The specs of the car will be:
Intercooled turbo system on stock internals, S4 mani with inconel studs.
This will mostly see track in scandinavia, with the odd nordschleife excursion.
I'm leaning towards a mocal 16-row oil cooler with a thermostat block, since the car sees street/auto-x/track and I don't really want it running to cold.
So what do you guys think of my choice? What do you use for oil cooling?
Please chime in, especially you guys from tx / cal, as you see high ambient temps.
cheers.
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Anyone from Tex/cal will say to run a rx-7 oil cooler in place of the front bumper support and forget about it. Big enough that you don't need airflow, and has a built in thermostat (I think).
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Thesnowboarder, Savington, and a number of others (Hustler now?) don't have ANY airflow beyond the little that goes under it, and have ZERO issues. One of the reasons it's so nice. It's hard enough sealing a intercooler and radiator, no need to complicate your heat exchangers with another one to duct.
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This is exactly what I was assuming, but it seems that Hustler is running some other oil cooler and he said ducting was required (I think).
I don't believe many people duct the FC oil cooler.
I don't believe many people duct the FC oil cooler.
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i just ran my car at the track this past weekend in the nice blazing AZ heat and my oil temps only got up to 200* (oil temp sensor is installed onto the oil drain fitting). Do oil temps really rise that much more running moderate boost.
Also where exactly is the thermostat located on the RX7 cooler and what year RX7?
Also where exactly is the thermostat located on the RX7 cooler and what year RX7?