Because I scheduled a bunch of front engine work for my truck (AC Condenser, Timing Chain, High-Flow Oil Pump) I have a ton of components pulled off, including the radiator and AC condenser. I already had a transmission cooler installed in front of the condenser and am considering installing an engine oil cooler as well. I live in South Texas and work outside, so I am paranoid about heat damage. Does anyone use these on their V8's?

If there is a consensus that an external oil cooler is effective I may attach both it and the transmission cooler directly in front of the radiator, in the space between it and the AC condenser. My thinking is that I'd sure hate to lose AC efficiency from component heat, and the closer to the fans the better.

(Note: I am running a dual efan setup with either a two or three row diesel radiator and diesel shroud. It seems to do the trick and has so far kept the temperature well below the halfway mark.)

I am not sure how much heat the oil cooler kicks out, though, and wonder if anyone out there without AC has tried out an oil cooler mounted directly to the radiator and seen their temperatures spike.

Either way, I'll report back once I find out more. As always, I start with this forum when approaching the unknown and have more than enough to tackle before I get to the oil cooler!

Thanks to all,

 

Here in Iowa we see very very similar temps like you do in Texas (I've spent a fair amount of time in the Texas summer myself lol) and I have no worries about oil temp. Running normal coolant setup works plenty fine and I beat on it pretty well. I myself am more worried about transmission temp. I deleted the AC (even when it's super hot I don't use it and the compressor died anyways) and cleansed the ac condenser and now use it as my trans cooler. Running a temp gauge helps keep such things in check though and you could do so with engine oil if you so chose.

 

Weld some fins on the pan, You may get a few degrees out of it. I'd be worried that something would spring a leak and drain all the oil out. I don't think it's too big a deal as long as you keep engine temps down. There has to be somebody that makes a radiator that uses the entire thickness of it for cooling. If you look closely the fins only about an inch is used and there is another half inch left open. Seems the only way to get better cooling is use the diesel or V10 rad. years ago i was looking on rockauto and they have the thickness(cooling fins) of some of the v8 rads. They are not all the same so some cool better than others but no one made a rad that used the entire thickness. Anybody know of one?