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Not hard to do. I used the adapter that goes between the block and the oil filter. I ran the lines over to the frame and mounted the cooler in the nose. I would recommend using AN fittings and not hose barbs and clamps. From experience....
The oil temp gets up to 250 within 20 minutes of driving and if I keep the car running once it's that hot it climbs quickly to the end of the guage. I got the heavy duty oil cooler from Imperial.
I am in the process of mounting a cooler with a temp controlled fan under the nose of my '78. Hardest part was making the connection to the trans, not a lot of room with the 200R4 I installed. But the big quesstion that will be coming at you soon is : Are you going thru the radiator then the cooler, or bypassing the radiator. Lots of theories and people claiming to know the RIGHT way to do it. I bypassed my radiator because it didn't make sense to me to add heat load to an already marginal cooling system in the car. With the thermostat and fan on my Deraele cooler I think I have it covered. If you lived up north, maybe use the extra heating from the radiator to warm the trans up faster, but down here,, keeping it cooler is more important, to me anyway. Just my $.02. Good luck
Skip the radiator especially if you have a large stall that slips just use a good cooler. This way your coolant temps wont climb if youre on the converter hard.
It's for my engine oil. My coolant temp stays pretty cool not getting above 200. I'm not going through the radiator with it. I have an aluminum radiator with aftermarket cooling fans. The oil temp just scares me because I know some oil starts to breakdown around 270 degrees.
It's for my engine oil. My coolant temp stays pretty cool not getting above 200. I'm not going through the radiator with it. I have an aluminum radiator with aftermarket cooling fans. The oil temp just scares me because I know some oil starts to breakdown around 270 degrees.
If you coolant is 200*, your oil "probably" sits around 220*. I wouldn't lose any sleep over it, but that's me.
St. Jude Donor '05-'06,'11,'13-'14,'16,'18,'19,'24, '25
My oil temps would do the same but would also drive my water temps up. I added a rather large (close to the same size as my radiator with single pass 1" tubes) under the gas tank with 2 fans on it. It worked great and kept my oil temps in the 180 to 190 area but I wanted to reduce the number of fans I was running so I moved it to the front of the car. I have it mounted in the nose of my car with no fans on it and it works great just as it did under the tank.
St. Jude Donor '05-'06,'11,'13-'14,'16,'18,'19,'24, '25
you need to verify the oil temps and make sure its not a gauge issue. Temps that high are out of the ordinary and usually have an effect on coolant temps.
if possible you can take readings on the oil pan with an IR temp gun.
The oil temp gets up to 250 within 20 minutes of driving and if I keep the car running once it's that hot it climbs quickly to the end of the guage. I got the heavy duty oil cooler from Imperial.
Something just ain't right there. 200* coolant and over 250* oil?
It's for my engine oil. My coolant temp stays pretty cool not getting above 200. I'm not going through the radiator with it. I have an aluminum radiator with aftermarket cooling fans. The oil temp just scares me because I know some oil starts to breakdown around 270 degrees.
You will be sitting on the side of the road with a radiator cap trying to punch a hole through the hood, long before your oil hits 270* ! ! !
If any oil temp gauge shows 250* within 20 mins of driving it is of a questionable quality gauge. Some of them are just basic plastic, awful, "want to be" units.
I guess another option is AutoMeter.
Last edited by HeadsU.P.; Apr 14, 2018 at 10:24 AM.
