If you want to increase the maximum performance of your engine, you will likely need to upgrade your cooling system. The standard cooling systems fitted to most modern vehicles are not made with maximum performance in mind. Their design is usually a compromise between “will it fit” and “how much will it cost.” A lot of the oil cooler systems fitted to modern road cars, are cooled by the engine coolant in a water:oil cooling configuration. This is both troublesome and ineffective for performance purposes. If your engine does not have an oil cooler fitted, then you will almost certainly need one.

These oil coolers have been specifically developed to maximize cooling of the engine, while keeping oil pressure and oil temperature within the optimum performance window. The oil cooling is not shared with the water cooling, so the overall engine temperatures are kept lower and safer. They have high flow, excellent cooling capacity, and are made from high quality materials.

Fitting an oil cooler will mean oil peak temps are reduced and overall engine efficiency and reliability is improved. Standard water:oil cooling systems, put all the load on the engine coolant system, and when you are asking for more power from your engine, and therefore are generating more heat, this can overload the system. Engines without any kind of oil cooling, are likely to suffer with reliability issues when pushed hard, so it is best to ensure the oil temperature stays within the correct window.
When the engine oil is too hot, you may not notice the engine overheating, and this is because most modern diesel engine management systems have an overheat protection function built in, where the engines power is reduced when the coolant temperature starts to climb above a certain safety margin. This reduction in power means that the engine generates less heat, and thus the thermal load on the coolant system stabilises, and the engine does not go into an overheating situation.
You probably noticed we mentioned the engine management system will reduce power. This is definitely not something we want for a modified engine, we want all the power all the time. Cooling the engine oil, greatly reduces the thermal load placed on the engine coolant system, and therefore means the engine control unit is far less likely to enter the overheat protection phase, and you can have all the power, all the time.

Another added benefit of an oil cooler, is that you can use a thermostat device to control the oil flow to the oil cooling radiator. This keeps the oil temperature in the optimum window for both lubrication and engine protection. The temperature also has a big effect on the thickness of the oil, and the thickness of the oil generally dictates how well it can be pressurised in the system. If your oil is getting too hot, your oil pressure is likely to be getting too low as well.

You will not find a better solution to both maintaining engine reliability, and supporting increased performance without major engine configuration changes.

These oil coolers are universal, so simply remove from the box and fit it to your vehicle.

Depending on product selection, these oil coolers are made with 10 rows, 15 rows and 25 rows. The more rows the oil cooler has, the greater the cooling capacity.