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Originally Posted by TimMullen
Everything in life is a compromise (usually involving cost). From stuff I've read, people with oil temperature guages are seeing oil temps around 220 or so while doing track days in the middle of the desert. I suspect that the coolers are actually doing a very good job - at least for most people.
As for the pressure drop, the lines are fairly good size and probably more than handle the oil flow. It's not like there is a huge volume of oil flowing through the system. As the volume/velocity of floe goes up, the pressure drop would be significant, but again for our engines, the flow isn't really that high and it's probably sized about right (putting a bigger sized hose wouldn't have been a big deal for the factory if had been necessary).
And everything can be improved upon. It's all a matter of what an improvement in one area causes what effects in another (i.e. more cooling = more weight: etc.). And cost is always a trade off - it's one of the reasons that we drive Elises instead of Enzos...
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I agree with you, Tim. They were on a budget and a tight schedule and compromises were made here and there, no doubt...
It sounds like you think that it may have been a cost and/or availability issue as to why we don't have a sandwich cooler?? That tends to be my thinking. I wonder how much weight could be saved with a simple sandwich cooler? 10-15 lbs?
Regarding the pressure drop, it would be interesting to measure it. We may be surprised.
I thought I read that the cars with two coolers were running as low as 180 temps at the track, although I can't recall where I may have read that. That's why I asked...
Best,
Phil