Alternate solution to the oil cooler block off plate?

luigi90210

you shouldnt be over cooling the oil at any point with a thermostatic plate
if your plate opens up at 180F and you get to 180F, the plate will open allowing the oil to run through the cooler, and if the oil gets cooler than 180F, than the plate will close and prevent oil from running through the cooler

basically a thermostatic plate allows the car to run without the cooler to a certain point and when it reaches the temps that it is set to open at, it will allow the oil to be cooled

Rusty

The thermostatic plate never closes completely. They allow some oil flow through it. The idea behind it is that you don't want to send cold oil into a hot motor and hot oil into a cold cooler. There is a thread on this somewhere here. Also if you want to close off a few rows of the cooler. A $4.00 roll of duct tape works well too. Because racecar.

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djtodd

Sure, in theory. In reality it is flowing somewhat regardless of temperature. Combine that with a 34 row cooler, 7 quarts of oil, and very cold temperatures, and the result is I never get above 165, which is no good. Hence...I use a block-off plate when it's cold out

Gets up to and stays at 190ish. Perfecto