Oil Cooler need advice

onefastermonte85

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Jun 23, 2005
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I posted this in the poweradders forum because my oil cooks when I run my supercharger.

The motor is a BBC 1/2 filled.
I probably can get 20 minutes of regular driving in before the oil temp is 260, the oil goes up fast when i'm moving, when I stop the temps seem to stay steady.

I was on jegs.com and looked through the coolers. The only brand that looked like it may work was canton. The canton cooler is 1.5"x11"x11" 29,000 btu aluminum. jegs # 23-520 The sandwich adapter i found was part # 22-544 . The question is both the cooler and the sandwich adapter are only 1/2" opennings. I am not sure if this is enough. I read somewhere folks are saying to go with -10an line. Also i'm wondering if I should relocate the filter? The sandwich adapter says it only lowers the filter by 1.5" which isn't to much. I run a tall filter, so i would just go to a short one and i should be ok. I was also looking into the socketless hoses instead of the braided. The socketless I hear is much easer to work with and holds a high pressure. I just wonder if tech would pass me at a race track with it?

Does anyone have any other brands/ products that would work better? Any photo's of their setup?

Any help would be appreciated
Thank you.
 

LS6 Tommy

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It ain't cheap, but the best oil cooler setup is a thermostatically controlled water-to-oil cooler. If you have a manual trans you can get a radiator made with one built in. if not you can go external. Either way, 290* oil sure is a problem.

Tommy
 

onefastermonte85

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I've been going through some different sites looking at coolers. I found a oil adapter sandwich that runs a -10an line and looks like it'll flow nice. Thats $100. I'm thinking about using socketless line, just to try it out, since i've heard it works nice. I am not sure if tech will pass it though (race track). The coolers i've found range from 200$-$400, i'm just wondering if their going to knock the temp down, and keep it around 210. I have an automatic trans th400, with reverse manual valve body. The oil/ water cooler probably would be way outta my price range :(
 

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