I have thought about switching over to a exchnager for my car. I do 95% racing.Heres the things
Up side
oil heats up faster and gets to the best temp for lubing, protection amd helps remove heat from the coolant when
oil is cool and motor is hot.
Down side, Need a large radiator to help cool both fluids?? Could have an overheating problem. Failure of the cooler to keep
oil in the oil side and coolant in the coolant side. I also run high pressure for the oiling system. Most runs are running 80 psi cold, I'm in the 135-138 psi range. Couple of the guys here have bypass valves to control the amout of oil into the cooler. I don't have enough info on this.
Just about every truck and car with an auto trans has a cooler in the one or both sides of the radiator, Millions and millions. The failure rate I have seen over the last 25 years is 3 due to major overheating of a motor.
Guess next thing is to look at price??? Rick L.