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I was stupid and did 20 track days Last year alone without an oil cooler..

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Old 07-21-2016, 10:38 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I was stupid and did 20 track days Last year alone without an oil cooler..
do you remember what your oil temps went up to?
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I was stupid and did 20 track days Last year alone without an oil cooler..
you could have done 19 and bought an oil cooler.
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I was stupid and did 20 track days Last year alone without an oil cooler..
That must have been frustrating as all hell. Limp mode in 2 laps every session?
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That must have been frustrating as all hell. Limp mode in 2 laps every session?
never hit limp mode actually. hovered around 260-270
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never hit limp mode actually. hovered around 260-270
I see you have a 2013, you do have a factory oil cooler it is just limited on what it can do. You were right at limp mode. You need to upgrade to a 34 row external oil cooler.
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