Oil cooler and line questions

[wmhjr]

Ron, I did a bunch of reading. I will say that it was hard to separate fact from opinion. I got a general "concensus" that the Canton was capable of significant more flow and less restriction due to much larger internal passages. The Canton unit is also actually -12 ports on the unit, which you can either stick with -12 or reduce to -10. I found some info on a Factory Five Cobra forum as well as some other places.

I am very concerned about restrictions, and that was the reason I went ahead with the Canton. Frankly, either would probably work and there are probably minimal differences - other than the Canton thermostat is 215deg and the Derale is 180deg. For my purposes, I would prefer the 215deg. I don't want to be cooling it when the oil is 185deg.

[Ron in SoCal]

Originally Posted by wmhjr

Ron, I did a bunch of reading. I will say that it was hard to separate fact from opinion. I got a general "concensus" that the Canton was capable of significant more flow and less restriction due to much larger internal passages. The Canton unit is also actually -12 ports on the unit, which you can either stick with -12 or reduce to -10. I found some info on a Factory Five Cobra forum as well as some other places.

I am very concerned about restrictions, and that was the reason I went ahead with the Canton. Frankly, either would probably work and there are probably minimal differences - other than the Canton thermostat is 215deg and the Derale is 180deg. For my purposes, I would prefer the 215deg. I don't want to be cooling it when the oil is 185deg.

Yes opinions do abound on this stuff! Derale does look to be straight in/out so I'm gonna try it. Looking forward to your next oil 'heat cycle' (track day) report....

[wmhjr]

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Yes opinions do abound on this stuff! Derale does look to be straight in/out so I'm gonna try it. Looking forward to your next oil 'heat cycle' (track day) report....

We'll have to compare notes. One comment - neither unit is really "straight in/out". I'd say the Canton is closest - when the thermostat is closed anyway. The derale unit has the thermostat apparently 90 degrees to the oil flow blocking both in/out. I can't remember where, but I did find a site that had a cutaway of both units and the canton oil galleries were massive compared to the Derale, but honestly I don't know if it really works that way in reality. There are NO real "measured data points" that I could find comparing the two.

Honestly, I'm interested in just getting the car back on the road to test it under regular driving conditions just as much as on the track.