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Since the oil gets way too hot when tracking the car I looked into oil coolers and searched for recommendations.

I ended up by building my own. The plug and play solution from mishimoto would have been enough, but it would sit in front of the intercooler.
As well I have removed the aluminium front bumper for better cooling and it actually looks awesome.
Used some glass fibre soaked with epoxy to hide the cutted bumper, when it dried, spray painted it black.


Used parts:
All fittings and hoses are PTFE version, for high temp and oil resistance.

1x Mishimoto 25 row oil cooler
1x Mishimoto Sandwichplate (M22 version)
1x Mishimoto M22 bolt to mount it
3 Metres of An10 hose
2x 45° An10 fitting
2x M20x1,5 to An10 (to install on the sandwichplate)
1x 90° An10 fitting
1x 93°C thermostat for the sandwichplate
A small bottle of fluid sealant.
Heat wrap, aluminium wrapped aramid to isolate the oil cooler next to the catalytic converter and to wrap around some intercooler hoses.

For the intercooler the following parts:
1x Big setrab cooler
2 Metres of 25 OD and 18 ID cooling hose
2x Hose connector 19mm
2x 19 mm to M22x1,5 fitting
2x 90° fitting with 19 mm OD to connect hoses

After the first test drive today, the engine oil did not exceed 93°C under similar conditions where it usually reaches 110+°C. Was happy to see nothing leaked.

With this setup, the downside seems to be oil drainback into the oilpan.
Its helpful when changing oil viscosity before going to track tho.
I am still figuring out, if the entire oil cooler empties itself, I might increase the cranking time during the engine start for safety reasons.