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Originally Posted by shimmy
As I thought, it isn't helping cooling at 100% throttle over 100mph ie it isn't reducing temps when I need them!
Surely M Stat is the same! When oil is starting to rise first, surely it's too late and ol cooler is the answer?
I may M stat when at Simpons in Feb and then get best price for oil cooler improvement before summer
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Oil cooler IS needed IMO too. The temps they see are too much for prolonged use. But the stat will decrease block temps also.
The stat just lets the water flow through the rad and be cooled.
The motorsport stat keeps constant temps on the dial below where the coolant temp sits on normal stat. ie 60 opposed to 80. Constantly. If the coolant temp is lower, then the block temps are lower, which in turn will keep your oil temps lower.
Ask yourself what you are doing on track in your CSL.... simulating motorsport. The motorsport teams use the stat because it works, not because its cool to use it.
Do it.
I noted that after I fitted the motorsport stat that the coolant dial sat constantly at approx 11 o'clock vs 12 o'clock. The oil temp was slightly lower too.