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Originally Posted by import111
Be sure to post up how this affects oil temps.
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Well there won't be any independent testing to post, as I installed Stillen's oil cooler at the same time. The oil cooler (obviously) provides most of the cooling. The extra oil pan metal, as well as the longer average dwell time of the oil in the pan, should also provide more actual cooling (as in removal of heat from oil) via radiating out of the pan walls. But really I think the primary functional difference from the enlarged oil capacity will be a greater resiliency against heat spikes from the worst bursts of oil heating from the engine, moreso than an increase in sustained cooling ability. The average temp of the oil will rise slower in other words, even if it would still reach the same final temperature.