I decided to outfit the Gen 2 Coyote in my Miura with a remote oil filter and external oil cooler given the tight spaces around the engine and that one of the headers pretty much wraps around the oil pan. I also plan to install a oil temperature gauge/sensor so the oil temperature can be monitored. My question is whether it is best to place the oil temp sensor before the oil cooler radiator or after it?
My intuition is to place the sensor after the cooler as this will show the oil temperature for the oil that will be going to all those precious internal engine parts. But in thinking about it a little bit, it seems that it would also be nice to know the "maximum" oil temperature which would have the sensor before the cooler.
So can you engine gurus lend some insight as to the optimal place for an oil temperature sensor?
My intuition is to place the sensor after the cooler as this will show the oil temperature for the oil that will be going to all those precious internal engine parts. But in thinking about it a little bit, it seems that it would also be nice to know the "maximum" oil temperature which would have the sensor before the cooler.
So can you engine gurus lend some insight as to the optimal place for an oil temperature sensor?