I have an Improved Racing oil filter sandwich adapter with a built in thermostat that is connected to a Setrab oil cooler. The current thermostat bypasses the oil cooler until 200F when it starts to open. It is fully open at 221F. Improved racing also has a 180F thermostat that is full open at 203F.
What would you all think would be the optimal temperature to run the oil at, assuming that this is in a truck that tows in the rockies and gets quite hot. Lets say that I spec my oil cooler such that the oil temp would never get hotter than the thermostat full open temp.
One consideration is that the truck spends 99% of its life at or above 6500' of elevation so the boiling point of water is only 199F so burning off water vapor and other items will happen at lower temps.
What would you all think would be the optimal temperature to run the oil at, assuming that this is in a truck that tows in the rockies and gets quite hot. Lets say that I spec my oil cooler such that the oil temp would never get hotter than the thermostat full open temp.
One consideration is that the truck spends 99% of its life at or above 6500' of elevation so the boiling point of water is only 199F so burning off water vapor and other items will happen at lower temps.
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