Oil cooler/thermostat confusion
 

Ok I am going to be road racing my car next spring, and would like to have an oil cooler setup to control my oil temps when revving and boosting all day.

I'm just a bit confused as to how to install the thermostat? It's late and my brain hurts from college all day....anyway...wondering why there are two inlets and outlets? How do I route the lines?
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My setup is:

Oil filter block adapter outlet--->remote oil filter---->(thermostat???how to install?)-----oil cooler---->oil filter block adapter (inlet)

How do i route the lines from the remote oil filter...into the thermostat? There are 2 inputs and 2 outputs...i'm confused.

Also, what is the optimum oil temperature? I'm wondering which thermostatic switch to buy for the fan.... 200 degrees on 185 off? or what?

Re: Oil cooler/thermostat confusion
 

no need to run the fan or the thermostat valve.........

Re: Oil cooler/thermostat confusion
 

well i don't need the fan...but it gets pretty cold and i think it might overcool the oil.

Re: Oil cooler/thermostat confusion
 

then block off the cooler when it gets below 45F air temp.

Re: Oil cooler/thermostat confusion
 

I'm pretty sure that both lines go through that thermostat. Inlet and outlet.

Re: Oil cooler/thermostat confusion
 

dont get in the hype that cold oil is the best thing ever. your engine oil should be the within 10% of the temp of your coolant. oil has to be at a certain temp to work properly. a GSR style cooler would be your best option.


a remote filter is a great idea. it gives you the ability to use a larger filter that holds more oil which allows the oil to cool longer before it re-enters the engine.

Re: Oil cooler/thermostat confusion
 

you may get a oil temp gauge and see what kind of temps you hit.

oil coolers are really never a bad idea, and there is a million people that will tell you that. but there is also people that will say its a bad idea. but im having a hard time believing oil sitting in a cooler for half an instant is really going to cool it that much lol

what im tryin to say is once the engine is on and the oil has gotten to normal temp, i dont see any cooler knocking it down to "cold" again. the hotter the oil is the more the cooler is going to work if that makes sense, it wont take out much heat of normal temp oil running through it, but if the oil is super hot you'll see a greater cooling effect temp wise

Re: Oil cooler/thermostat confusion
 

K well I decided to skip the oil cooler for now. I have an oil temp gauge so if it's a problem then I'll install the cooler.

.....1 more question though....is there any reason I shouldn't route my turbo feed line from the remote oil filter oulet?

Re: Oil cooler/thermostat confusion
 

only reason it might not work is that would be a low presure side of the system. so oil might not want to go through the feedline to the turbo since it has a much easyer route through the filter. dont quote me on that though. im not sure of the specifics of how much resistance that filters going to build and how much presures going to stay in the line at that part of the loop.

Re: Oil cooler/thermostat confusion
 

well i will have my oil pressure gauge inline of my feed line, so I can see what the pressure will be.