Intially when I built my cobra, I really liked the look of the
oil cooler in the front. At the time I didn't want to just put a "dummy" on so I went ahead and ran all the lines. -10 at the time, then sheared a distributor gear and the engine builder recommended switching to -12. So I did all that and realized my engine was not getting up to temp like I wanted to see. Sooo, I put in a
oil thermostat to bypass the
oil cooler unless oil temp got greater than 215 degrees F. Seemed to do the trick. Looking back, it was a ton of time, money, and frustration to have the "look". If I'd do it again, it would be a dummy. So now I'll added some rubber spacer for vibration and rods to tie the top and bottom together and call it a day. Hopefully!!!
