Thread: Oil Cooler Kit?

Just last week we put a G*Spec oil cooler kit on the 94 SRX Car in preparation for out track day yesterday. I was happy with the performance of it. Engine had not had any overheating problems previously but the motto "pay a little now or pay a lot later" says it all.

At the same time...

On my 97 GLE it has been fitted with a 78E oil cooler base and a 54C cooler. It has a Koyo Radiator and has never come close to overheating at all. *HOWEVER* the cooling ports in the head have had some *SERIOUS* work done to them.

In my opinion both work good. I think that you need to take into consideration what type of driving your doing, what is the weather like where you live, and how much room you have to work with.

Oil to Water

+lowers engine oil temps
+expedite engine warm up times
+no additional external oil hoses
+less crap in the engine bay

-requires good engine cooling system
-can increase engine coolant temps

Oil to Air

+lower engine oil temps
+does not require good engine cooling system
+does not increase engine coolant temps
+ability to increase oil capacity

-additional external oil hoses
-more crap in the engine bay
-can get punctured by road debris
-oil change become more difficult (getting extra oil out of the cooler)

Bottom line:

On a street car that seems high revs for a short time, and gets driven on a regular basis - an oil to water cooler is more practical.
On a race car where the engine sees high revs for 30+ minutes straight and only gets drives a few time a year - oil to air cooler is more ideal.

Very interesting thread.

subscribed because I want to do this as well soon.

What about a drain petcock on the cooler core for draining oil to get more old oil out? Is that even an option...Noob here when it comes to this

Sounds like a good idea as I know that was one of the issues with adding the extra capacity....was getting the used oil out of the cooler. You would have to make certain you got all the air out of the system...wouldn't wanna introduce some kinda air lock scenario. Oil changes become more meticulous!

You planning on tracking it Jay?

No ttracking regularly,but the conventions,and a few autocrosses here and there possibly....I would like to be prepared for a trackday in either car ideally....but cooler oil temps in FL summers wouldnt be a bad thing either.
I figure there is no such thing as overkill when it comes to this(in FL anyway,or Texas)

Kinda old thread, but would u be able to use the det coolant cooled oil housing on a ve?

Thesam how much is that mocal exchanger?

Serican here is a thread with pics of my old setup. On the street I didn't notice more than 10celcius difference after the cooler. Currently running without one too.

http://www.sr20-forum.com/vvl/48160-oil-cooler-vvl.html

http://www.speedflowshop.co.uk/laminova-oil-to-water-coolers-174-c.asp

Depends on the size you go with.