Oil Cooler or not

[FUNFER2]

With a lot of us just running on the street, what concerns me is the oil getting too cool. Like Rick said, most production cars have a exchanger and most have no issues, and have a computer to regulate the water & oil in a loop, but I wonder that since most cobras do not utilize a computer, we would have to religh on watching our gauges, manually shutting off the lines or a system like from Canton.

Factory cars also use less air coming in from the grill to cool the radiator and exchanger and run higher temps than many years ago.

With Rick and others that actually race their cobras, a better cooling system is needed for water, oil and transmission.

I guess my point is, even with hard street use, I don't think we really need a oil cooler or a heat exchanger running on the street ?

Is it all worth it ?

I do have a oil pressurized system from Canton, but that's a different ball game. It could lead to more leaks, but I figure that's needed more for safety than a cooler. I have the Mocal that's installed for looks not for function, people just like seeing it and the twin fan assembly.

[Snakebit]

I hooked up the oil cooler on my ERA and the oil did not get above 180*, so I cut a piece of plexiglass and mounted it in front of the oil cooler. The oil temp runs 210* to 220* and the plexiglass looks invisible. If I decide to run on the track, I just remove 2 small screws holding the plexiglass and the oil cooler is functional.