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Originally Posted by SeanS54
Late in the session my oil temps crept up to 270 ish but no limp mode. I think you and ER is correct in that you either need two huge oil coolers and perhaps a huge radiator.
I'm already running the Mishimoto radiator but I don't think it's helping. 
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Oil coolers alone won't help that much. What you need is to upgrade the radiator for coolant. Much of the limp mode issue with this car is due to coolant overheating rather than oil.
I have CSF radiator, PPK Stage 2 aux. radiator, and just one 25 row Setrab oil cooler w/ stock thermostat. And my oil temp rarely goes over 260F. Btw my car is an automatic, running 17psi at the track w/ E85 backend flash, and I push the car hard for the entire 20-30 mins session at my local tracks in 70F ambient temp.
IMHO and for this engine, upgrading the radiator is a much more effective cooling solution than throw two large oil coolers, especially when you consider the CSF radiator is quite reasonably priced and is an easy drop-in replacement.
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