Straypoet
Veteran Member
A thread that I hope will be helpful for others as well.
I would like to gather the wisdom on choices for oil coolers, or heat exchangers specifically relating to swaps.
I have found a few threads here that have some of this information, but I think a central location would be helpful for me, and I want to gather other solutions so that I can make better choices for my setup.
Background; I am working on a BHW swap into a longitudinal 4wd vehicle, and am planning to install an oil filter relocation plate, but that removes the stock heat exchanger.
1: I know that the original heat exchanger performs 2 functions, it brings the oil up to normal operating temp more quickly, and it also maintains the correct operating temp of the oil under load.
2: Are there any swaps that use no cooler or heat exchanger at all? do you have problems with oil temp? Do you monitor oil temp?
3: Anyone use just an oil cooler? Why did you go this route?
4: Anyone use an external heat exchanger?
5: Has any one had issues with slow warmups?
6: If you kept the original system what made you keep it? worries like I have outlined above?
Thank you everyone who comments.
I would like to gather the wisdom on choices for oil coolers, or heat exchangers specifically relating to swaps.
I have found a few threads here that have some of this information, but I think a central location would be helpful for me, and I want to gather other solutions so that I can make better choices for my setup.
Background; I am working on a BHW swap into a longitudinal 4wd vehicle, and am planning to install an oil filter relocation plate, but that removes the stock heat exchanger.
1: I know that the original heat exchanger performs 2 functions, it brings the oil up to normal operating temp more quickly, and it also maintains the correct operating temp of the oil under load.
2: Are there any swaps that use no cooler or heat exchanger at all? do you have problems with oil temp? Do you monitor oil temp?
3: Anyone use just an oil cooler? Why did you go this route?
4: Anyone use an external heat exchanger?
5: Has any one had issues with slow warmups?
6: If you kept the original system what made you keep it? worries like I have outlined above?
Thank you everyone who comments.