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Thanks Jack, That information is usefull. Speeds I am refering to are highway/interstate speeds. It cools down in city traffic. The oil cooler is stuck in a wheel well. I think I am going to make a ram air scoop for it possibly with a little inertial seperator to rid it of debree. I thought about a cooler with a fan but this seems to be more of a problem at highway speeds so I should get the airflow when I need it. I purchased the car with a fresh re-built engine. I need to do a compression check to check for blow by. The oil is not getting dirty but there were other problems with the engine when we got it. I am not totally convinced something else is not wrong. I was having some oil pressure problems when I got it. I dropped the pan a couple of weeks ago. It is obviously a fresh re-build but the oil pump was scored. I checked bearings and a few had the babot wore off. There is a story here but I don't know what it is. I plastic guaged main and rod bearings. They were good. Crank was not messed up. No evidence of heat damage, just looked like the initial start up was done without oil. I put new main/rod bearings and a new oil pump. Pressure is good now. It had a VDO oil temp guage not hooked up. I got a vdo sensor and hooked it into the oil line before it goes through the cooler. I believe the temp.

I guess at this point I am going to do a compression check to check for bad rings and make an airscoop for the oil cooler. Thanks for the input. I am heading out of town till Sunday so I won't be able to reply till I get back.

Gary