warmpancakes
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do we really need this thing? Id like to dump it to free up some clutter under the hood, I think its only there because of the 4x4 and off road, the syn oil should have the turbo covered
oil cooler
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WyoSyclone
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Re: oil cooler
If running a water-cooled center section on the turbo, I'd say probably not... the water will pull most of the heat out of the oil... If not running an H2O center I'd say needed... just my :2cents:
If running a water-cooled center section on the turbo, I'd say probably not... the water will pull most of the heat out of the oil... If not running an H2O center I'd say needed... just my :2cents:
warmpancakes
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Re: oil cooler
good we agree its gone,
good we agree its gone,
WyoSyclone
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Re: oil cooler
To add to my own post...
...really kind of depends on how you drive it, too... If you drive for 20 minutes at 150mph you'd better have a cooler. Any extended high HP driving will require a cooler (rally, a night at the strip, etc.) ...
I would think that a lot of us don't drive hard enough on the street to need one all the time, but for those times we get a wild hair I guess it's an insurance policy - and the turbo is definitely going to add to the heat stress.
Since oil is an incompressible liquid, pressures should stay the same throughout the system unless you cavitate the pump, lose suction, crack a pickup tube, etc. I worry about flow (I've heard rumors that our remote mount filter housings are a 'flow' restriction).
One has to wonder how much heat is added to the oil by running the filter lines alongside the driver's side exhaust manifold for 14"!!
WyoSyclone said:
To add to my own post...
...really kind of depends on how you drive it, too... If you drive for 20 minutes at 150mph you'd better have a cooler. Any extended high HP driving will require a cooler (rally, a night at the strip, etc.) ...
I would think that a lot of us don't drive hard enough on the street to need one all the time, but for those times we get a wild hair I guess it's an insurance policy - and the turbo is definitely going to add to the heat stress.
Since oil is an incompressible liquid, pressures should stay the same throughout the system unless you cavitate the pump, lose suction, crack a pickup tube, etc. I worry about flow (I've heard rumors that our remote mount filter housings are a 'flow' restriction).
One has to wonder how much heat is added to the oil by running the filter lines alongside the driver's side exhaust manifold for 14"!!
bezerk
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Re: oil cooler
well, if i was going to buy an exotic sportscar with over 300hp. i would really like to drive the piss out of it...why? because it was made to do that stuff.
i would kick the previous owner in the butt if he had deleted stuff from the car that he thought he didn't need it, cause he drove it like a pussy.
the pressure will be different in the system.. more heat in the engine is hotter oil. gets thinner, more clearence on the bearings. because metal expends and larger things expent more than small things.
well, if i was going to buy an exotic sportscar with over 300hp. i would really like to drive the piss out of it...why? because it was made to do that stuff.
i would kick the previous owner in the butt if he had deleted stuff from the car that he thought he didn't need it, cause he drove it like a pussy.
the pressure will be different in the system.. more heat in the engine is hotter oil. gets thinner, more clearence on the bearings. because metal expends and larger things expent more than small things.
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