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Originally Posted by jd2021
Yeah, this is all brainstorming for when I decide to address the cooling, so thanks for the thoughts! As we all know, being car guys, we love to daydream about the, "what if's" of our cars. I've tracked the car a couple times, and the temperatures definitely get up there, but since my car is stock for now, I haven't seen any reduction in power since my lap times stay pretty consistent (consistently bad  ). I plan to address cooling though before adding more power so this will probably happen sooner rather than later, maybe sometime this year but I will definitely data log this when it happens.
My thought about adding the ZL1 cooler was that it's pretty OEM already and it's an easy swap, so that's why I was looking at that avenue. I plan to address the oil cooling as well by adding the C&R coolers up front, as those seem like they've been proven to actually work. |
I like how you think. I consider how the OEM upgrades, like you, too. Pretty much any additional capacity is likely going to improve cooling, as you probably already thought about, so I think I'm reasoning along the same logic as you. Just make sure the line diameters aren't different between the two, too.
I know there's a point of diminishing returns, too, as far as core design goes. Sometimes too thick starts restricting flow to the cores behind it and I've often wondered if my thicker HE helps or hurts, but it's face isn't any bigger than stock, so I'm crossing my fingers at least that's okay. Who knows?... LOL.