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wstar

Yeah as I said in the other thread, my oil cooler plans just moved up a notch. I'm kinda undecided on exactly how to do it given all the options we have in play though.

A thermo plate would be nice, if nothing else so I can get the oil warmed up quicker. We do have some pretty cold mornings (especially if I spend the weekend out of town further up in north texas), and it sucks as it is waiting around for the car to warm up (I really don't like getting on the revs at all until the oil gauge gets up off that bottom 140 mark at least, and it will take even longer with an unregulated cooler I suspect. Even then I don't run it hard till it hits 180 if I can help it). Also the core size thing. If some with the smaller Setrab core are thinking about upgrading... I'd rather just do it once right from the start and get a larger core (but still, I'm a fan of the Setrab in general from what I'm seeing and reading).

Then there's placement considerations. I think I want it on the driver's side all alone. Leave the passenger side for the stock and/or upgraded PS cooler, and maybe double-stack an ATF cooler there if it becomes necessary down the road.

I just haven't seen a single kit put together for that yet (thermo plate, lines long enough for driver's side, larger setrab core), and I'm a little bit scared of making my own hoses. I mean, I could probably do it fine, but it's just such a big thing if I made a tiny mistake putting those fittings on the ends.

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