Martin 2010

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Hi all, im looking into gettin an oil cooler to help my scooby run better in general, am i right in sayin oil coolers re all the same just ones with mre fins have better cooling ability, been looking at some on ebay. and seem, ok, how ever does any one know of ne in perticular that are good for the classic scoobys and hve got a goot place to mount them ( i already have FMIC)

prodriverules

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Tbho Martin classic's don't really need them as they keep in the right zone for oil temp all on there own,newage sometimes need them depending on power output and usage ie track use or very heavy foot on the road.
If you decide you want one i have a process west one with piping and mocal thermostatic sandwich plate in vgc you could buy if you'd like as i found myn didn't need it either[classic].

Martin 2010

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if i drive mine hard for a avarge length of time ive noticed im gettin high oil temps and intend to look into doing some track time next year. also wanna upgrade my coolant temps with twin rad fans rather than the one and a lower temp thermostat.

Martin 2010

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how much u looking to get for it mate? where does it locate?

prodriverules

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Justs shows i guess not all cars are the same even if they are similar age,myn runs quite low oil temps really,is yours forged or not Martin?

Martin 2010

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not that im aware of just standard internals, although has had few mods n running higher bhp. i do need to give it some beans for a while before temps rise but they can rise over 100 just then i stop or eas off to let the air cool it right down to about 90ish

Martin 2010

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what oil u running? might be worth me tryin to get some different oil when i next do a change.

prodriverules

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Myn is forged which could help disperse the heat alittle better and i use Millers cfs 10w50 full synthetic ester based oil in myn.
On the cooler side i would want £200 as it cost me over £400 new with buying the mocal thermo plate as well,if you'd like i could send you some pic's mate

harvey

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An oil temp of 100C is not that high and most 2.5s will run a bit more than that.
The oil manufacturers including specifically Motul say that their oil is good to 140C. That sounds like a lot to me but after I came by that information I noticed that Porsche and VAG cars equipped with oil temperature guages all had the red line at 140C.
On the hottest day of the year on a 2 litre with well over 550 bhp on a track day I would do 10-15 laps flat out and as the oil temperature reached 125C, come in for a 15 minute braak. On cooler days oil temperature was never an issue even on track.
Hope this helps.

bigarf

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oil temps of just over 100 isnt enough to warrant an oil cooler.you will probably do more damage to your engine by fitting an oil cooler as the oil wont be getting to the proper operating temp + theres the extra weight of the cooler and all the extra oil.i didnt run an oil cooler all this year on mine and the highest temps i saw was at cadwell when it went just over 115 deg.i think if you give your car regular oil changes and use your common sense and keep your eye on the temps,then an oil cooler isnt needed on a car such as your own.

Martin 2010

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ok guys cheers for advise gonna leave it for now