Is it ok to run without an oil cooler and DD your car?

I was going to fork out a couple hundred for a oil cooler setup but I've heard some people run without one, so contemplating on doing it.

 

as long as u dont live in blistering heat or auto-x your car u will be fine IMO.

i dont DD my car, but ive never had a problem

 

i didnt think this was possible..how would you do this? just connect the hoses together? is this better or worse for the car?

 

All of our built cars that dont road race have the oil cooler removed.. no issues at all even in Florida blistering heat..

Mike

 

I never realized people were doing this....interesting.

 

my car was dd last year with no oil cooler and it has been fine! That includes running multiple hotlaps at dragway 42 and never having a single problem. Ive had a few nites Ive clicked off around 15 passes.

 

Why would you want to remove the oil cooler? Pros/Cons?

 

Not sure what you mean. Your car comes with an oil cooler that works very well. Do you want to remove it for drag racing purposes or do you want to buy a better one for Auto-X?

 

I'm with Bruno.... You'd take off the OE cooler? I can't see any benefit to that.

 

In my case I ate an engine and didn't want to fork over the cash for a new oil cooler. I ran without one last summer with no problems before I picked up a new one. I also ran without one on my old DSM for several years, with numerous passes and a road course day.

 

Anyone have any pros/cons for this? I'm not looking to take mine off, just interested in hearing in what others have found

 

Remove it?!? I was thinking of upgrading it, as well as run seperate ones for the power steering, trans and transfer case. I like to road race though

 

Mine's been off since 2 months ago. My car is daily driven as well...oil pressure stays rock steady, don't see a decrease at all. As far as how it's done, I bought a couple of block off plugs from Buschur.

Another pro I saw in removing it was minimizing the sources of possible oil leaks.

 

I spun a bearing on my old motor and I got new motor now, of course not using the same oil cooler.

Can anyone give some information on their oil cooler removal setup and pictures if possible.

thanks

 

bump anyone?