Anyone know if you can get an oil cooler for the TC? When I push the car really hard the oil temp goes up to about 255F. I know the oil gets hotter on some cars, but I would still feel better if I had an oil cooler. Any thoughts?

 

I wouldnt worry about it. I have never heard of anyone running into oil temp issues.

 

Doesnt need one. It would just introduce unnecessary air into the system.

 

It has one a liquid to liquid cooler...that is all

 

I would say if your going for track days (not drag racing) then get one

 

im not saying whether or not you should, but I bet you could take the stock oil cooler outta the engine coolant loop (replace coolant lines with those from a NA car) then run the oil cooler on its own coolant circuit with an intercooler pump from a SC car.

 

This. And it works just fine. No need to replace or add an auxiliary oil cooler. To do so would be a waste of money in the very least, and could degrade the performance of the stock unit

 

just remember that most oils break down at anything above 230* F... You need to run an oil that doesnt have a flash point or doesnt breakdown till a higher temp...like amsoil.
run an oil pressure gauge and youll see what happens after heat cycling your oil above 230*

 

Too much complexity as you'd have to add another coolant radiator/heat exchanger and pump. You'd be much better off and have more efficient cooling by removing the stock oil-to-coolant heat exchanger and running a thermostatically controlled conventional oil-to-air cooler if you have a race car that you can let get up to temp before driving. Keep in mind that the stock oil-oto-coolant heat exchanger also helps get the oil up to operating temp faster as the coolant will reach normal operating much way fast than the oil.

No, or everyone would be screwed. Oil temps regularly spike up higher than that and with a quality full synthetic it's not going to start shearing down at 230°F. Amsoil makes nice products but they aren't the only good full synthetic on the market. If you believe they are just because of their marketing it might be good to read some independent used oil analysis over on the oil forums.

 

The stock oil temp calculation is off. It's not a real gauge, so don't rely on it. On track, the oil temp is around 300F in the head.

Does that require an additional oil cooler? Well, not really if you're just doing 30 minute sessions. Any more, and I'd say yes.

 

Wow. 300F? Good to know. My gauge (Dashdaq) was reading about 255.

Sounds like it may not be worth the hassle of trying to get an auxiliary oil cooler installed. I would just feel a lot better about running the car hot and hard (insert joke here) if I could keep the temps down a bit more.

Thanks for the replies.

 

The Dashdaq isn't reading a sensor. It's a calculated number.