oifovo
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Hi guys!
Just trying to see if I could pick your brains with regards to choosing an oil cooler. I'm a bit worried about oil pressure drop since I'm still running the OEM heat exchanger and also a mechanical oil pressure gauge so adding yet another restriction could cause issues. I have weld in baffles in the sump and will be running AN10 lines which will be made as short as possible. From what I gather the more rows the cooler has and the narrower it is the smaller the pressure drop is going to be but I'd like to hear from people who have oil coolers fitted how important this actually is. The main reason I'm asking is cost - I can get a 16 row oil cooler from JJC for about 50 quid, but if I decide to go with the narrow/tall option I'd have to get something like Setrab which costs considerably more. I'd hate to solve one problem (engine oil getting too hot) and introduce another.
Just trying to see if I could pick your brains with regards to choosing an oil cooler. I'm a bit worried about oil pressure drop since I'm still running the OEM heat exchanger and also a mechanical oil pressure gauge so adding yet another restriction could cause issues. I have weld in baffles in the sump and will be running AN10 lines which will be made as short as possible. From what I gather the more rows the cooler has and the narrower it is the smaller the pressure drop is going to be but I'd like to hear from people who have oil coolers fitted how important this actually is. The main reason I'm asking is cost - I can get a 16 row oil cooler from JJC for about 50 quid, but if I decide to go with the narrow/tall option I'd have to get something like Setrab which costs considerably more. I'd hate to solve one problem (engine oil getting too hot) and introduce another.