At which point should you consider an oil cooler?

 

Living in Mass. and running a turbo, Its your call. Living in Mass and running a SC, it wouldnt hurt. Both senarios are based on Hi way driving, if you are in stop dead rush hour traffic often in the heat of summer, then I would on SC,Turbo, and even NA.

Im a firm believer in covering my butt as far as unforseen situations----What if you broke ur Water pump belt and had to haul *** to the next stop ? Cooler oil may save ur motor, and something else that may is that extra qt of oil in that larger pan.

Plus the pan is a convenient place to put that sending unit for the oil temp gage that every hi performance car needs. < IMO

 

I might add, Due to competitive pricing, Auto manufacuers tend to give you JUST what u need under ideal conditions with little margin for error---Oil capacitys, Radiator sizes, Oil cooling components,PS/Auto trans fluid capacitys,Grounding wires, Starter/Alt sizes, stock clutch sizing, etc.etc. Its a good car owners job to improve on the existing

 

I like the way this guy thinks.

 

 

it is important, but it's way down in my 'must' have list. Oil pan is a few line above the cooler on that list.