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Originally Posted by Billj747
Were you talking about other DCT guys' with a DCT heat exchanger?
Seriously, GET A LARGER ENGINE OIL COOLER!!! -so you can track your car without overheating the oil temps.
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Originally Posted by track_warrior
Its hilarious what some companies charge for products for expensive cars. I could probably fabricate my own DCT cooler for less than 500 bucks. 
I cant stop laughing at the price of $1,930.00 for a transmission cooler. And the funniest part is that people still buy them. |
I've considered set of larger heat exchangers (radiator, oil cooler, DCT cooler, power steering cooler, etc, did I miss anything else? lulz), but I'm just not all convinced that they're very effective. Cost, while laughably high, is secondary. Also, so far, I've stuck to not modify anything on my car other than the coilover & BBK that I currently have, I'm just not willing at this point to have shops take apart things in the engine bay, etc, to put those heat exchangers in. Compared to say S/C install, I know those things are relatively simple, but from what I've experienced so far at various so-called tuning shops that are around, I don't trust any of them.
Based on my little testing this past Saturday at Chuckwalla, on hot summer days, I'll just track by shifting less. I was amazed that the temp guage stayed at steady 255F when I shifted less, and was able to run 7~8 straight hot laps (which I wasn't able to since February of this year). Doing that got me slower lap times, but during hot summer months, nobody is setting any lap records anyways.