Would love to see this confirmed by Ford. Would be nice if Tech pack cars had the extra oil cooler supposed to be only on Track and R but nothing official? Don't want to spread rumors. Don't care about trans and diff coolers as not planning on track use but am a little concerned regarding oil even just for spirited non track driving.
That drawing in post # 13 shows both types of oil coolers. If you follow the lower radiator hose 8286A in the drawing where it's modified with two small fittings coming out of the bottom, that's the one for a water-to-oil cooler. There are not fittings on hose 8286B which is the one used on the GT350. There are two types of aluminum fittings shown just left of the radiator fans. The sandwich plate used on the water-to-oil cooler is on the right, and the fitting that plumbs the two lines to the air-to-oil cooler in the driver side lower grille is on the left.
You just need arsenalrocks to get under his car and take some pics
I would expect that we have a t-stat for the oil cooler, but even at that, it doesn't explain why the oil warms up so much faster than the Boss. The Boss has 8.5 quarts stock and the GT350 has 10 quarts (less than 1 quart in the cooler). Is it because the Voodoo creates that much more heat? I sure hope not because we battled cooling issues for quite a while with the Boss. I won't know until I can get on track this spring.
You're welcome. Now if one of you Sun Belt owners would get on the track soon, you can ensure the cooler we do have is up to the task ;)
Hmmm... not sure if it is the total explanation but the Boss' all had the sandwich water-oil cooler with cold water slowing the warm-up of the oil. Cloud9 - as you and I both know the oil & water temps of the Boss were VERY influenced by engine RPM - often necessitating a lap or more of short-shifting to bring temperatures down. With the astronomical redline of the GT350 motor, I am very concerned that we will see similar issues.
Yes sir.....have you looked into adding a supplemental cooler somewhere if we need it? Looks like you might be able to hang one off the bumper beam in the lower grille opening. I hope we don't have issues, but some magazine reports are already expressing concern about temps they were seeing on track. Part of me wonders how much we'll live at 8250 depending on how the gearing works at different tracks. The power band is wide, but in my limited street driving, it likes to be at 4k+ to make power.
