Has anyone mounted an aftermarket engine oil cooler at the back of the car?
Bear with me here. I spent the weekend at a track event at Willow Springs Raceway out in the Mojave Desert here in sunny, hot Southern California. The air temp on the track was around 107 degrees! I wound up having to back off every couple of laps, as the oil temp was climbing into the 280 degree range. I’m running fresh Mobil 1 oil, BTW. Since I plan to continue doing this track craziness, and all the tracks I go to are in the desert, I think I need to add an oil cooler.
It might sound crazy, but here’s my thinking. I don’t have a spare tire or carrier back there, so there’s lot’s of room. The benefits, and please let me know me if I’m off-base here, would be that 1) it’s one less thing in front of the radiator, and 2) the long oil lines, in addition to the cooler itself, would add at least a quart to my oil capacity.
I think I can I can mount it up high enough to be out of the way of rocks and other debris (maybe put a wire mesh in front of it), but still be able to get air-flow to it.
Thanks!
Barry
Bear with me here. I spent the weekend at a track event at Willow Springs Raceway out in the Mojave Desert here in sunny, hot Southern California. The air temp on the track was around 107 degrees! I wound up having to back off every couple of laps, as the oil temp was climbing into the 280 degree range. I’m running fresh Mobil 1 oil, BTW. Since I plan to continue doing this track craziness, and all the tracks I go to are in the desert, I think I need to add an oil cooler.
It might sound crazy, but here’s my thinking. I don’t have a spare tire or carrier back there, so there’s lot’s of room. The benefits, and please let me know me if I’m off-base here, would be that 1) it’s one less thing in front of the radiator, and 2) the long oil lines, in addition to the cooler itself, would add at least a quart to my oil capacity.
I think I can I can mount it up high enough to be out of the way of rocks and other debris (maybe put a wire mesh in front of it), but still be able to get air-flow to it.
Thanks!
Barry