oil -> water cooler

[AdrianS]

Oil is also brought up to temp faster by these.

I don't know if that would be true for an aw11. My coolant takes forever to warm up in winter.

[knightrous]

ADAMAW11 has a blacktop in his AW11 and just uses a simple 15 row oil to air cooler like all the drufters use.

[trdee]

the problem with them is fitment. depending on your setup you may not have space to fit one where it will get decent airflow on an aw11. a tiny plate and frame exchanger however can be placed anywhere. and as has been said, warm-up issues aren't really an issue with a properly sized water/oil cooler

[AdrianS]

I know I can fit a standard air cooler, that's the easy option, but I wanted to look at alternatives. From some reports, v. high oil temps can be seen idling in a traffic jam with a/c on. On a 40+ degree day, temperatures on the road can be +5 or more degrees, with no airflow. I can keep the water cool, no problems - since I flushed it all thoroughly, I can't get the temp past 1/2.
Engine is going in without a cooler for now - when change the oil (soon), I will fit a cooler, probably water.