[Fot] Oil cooler yes or no?

[Greg Blake]

I run one and monitor oil temps with a gauge in the pan. I see temps up to 250 range routinely. But I run in Texas. I find when we race in November and February I have to block air flow to the cooler to get any heat in the oil. 

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> On Feb 8, 2016, at 11:50 AM, Joe Alexander <n197tr4 at cs.com> wrote:
> 
> Steve,
> 
> We had a hard time getting the oil temps up. 
> 
> And when the line developed a leak, we took it off several years ago.
> 
> We don't typically see 90 degrees, however.
> 
> With the Larry Young cam, the engine does not see 6,000 RPM very often, either.
> 
> Joe Alexander
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>> On Feb 8, 2016, at 11:42 AM, Steven Belfer <steve at artwithcars.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Do you run an oil cooler on your racing Triumph?
>> 
>> I’m having a tough time getting access to the hoses on the oil cooler adapter plate, it’s such a tight fit and I forgot to attach them before installing the engine.
>> It’s a huge pain to take off the oil filter plate with the motor installed!
>> 
>> Wondering if the oil cooler is even necessary. I race in California where it is over 90 degrees some of the time.
>> 
>> 
>> ~STEVE
>> 
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