Aftermarker Oil Cooler, Where to tap Options

[Neon90424]

I see your point about cool oil...I have an oil press and temp sensors on the sandwich plate I will look out for it getting too cool. I do listen to you guys, I just exploring the limits my 3SGTE will be going on stock ecu 272 cams BC Stage 3 Head kit and stock fuel system with a Walbro... All while looking at the AFR oil temp EGTs and oil Press...

My car was sabotaged...my rad was full of mud, screws and nuts which caused my over heating...and weakened my timing belt so that it snapped...my transmission was mounted with many screws missing I am lucky the whole transmission didnt fall out...those big screws...had an asshole mechanic...

Im trying to do this the right way, I am not fond of the hose from hell and dont want to have my oil cooler collecting dust in the garage so i might as well use it, and as cooling comes, I am planning to use the car also as a track car...and oil gets preeetty thin while full throttle 20 minutes, it all means less strain on my cooling system and have my CO2 as an emergency cooling solution if temps spike all I have to do is pull over and coast and blast the rads with CO2...

[Sunny]

Hi,

there are a few mods that raise the performance of the cooling system (more if you are interested in ask me in my project thread) , there is no need for CO2 which makes the system more complex, once again just a not(!) complex engine is able to be a good engine


you radiator is fine but you must use a thermostat to controll the temp. which means ~80°C which means the oem heat exhanger and your water system plays together there is no need to be affraid
that the oil heats the water so much, or in other words you had won once the heat is away from the engine regardless if she comes from water or oil, the oil not just has a lubricant purpose he also cools
note: every part in your engine is developed to work under operating conditions -> abrasion

i must advise to cool down the engine for 1round if you are on track, nearly every part gets really hot under such conditions and when you turn off or idle the engine two very important
things fail -> water flow & oil pressure


greetz

This post has been edited by Sunny: Oct 29, 2011 - 1:50 PM

[Neon90424]

Thanks sunny! the CO2 is more of a freezing the water cooler for drags than to cool the system

[RoyO]

Interesting topic! Another option to install an aftermarket oil cooler is to use a thermostatic sandwich plate without sensors.
You can install the sensors like we did on my car, alongside the oil filter location:



We put some heat-resistant anti leak tape on the adapter
(not on the front 5mm so when it comes of, it could not come into the oil system)
I used the adapter on the right side:



-Roy

[bsamps4]

Hey Neon hope you don't mind if I thread jack a little bit, but this got my wheels turning and I feel the need to go ahead and ask my question instead of opening a new thread. I wanted to pick Sunny's brain a little bit.

So I'm interested in buying the greddy thermostatic sandwich plate. (I also have an oil pressure sensor that I need to hook up). I'd like to keep the stock oil cooler, but I do want to ensure that I purpose build my engine for some extreme situations.

What kind of oil cooler would you suggest (brand?) I think a 7 row would be right for me. Is it ok to run the stock oil cooler with an aftermarket 7row oil cooler with the thermostatic sandwich plate?

[Neon90424]

This whole thread is of aftermarket oil cooling go ahead pal! its for everyone! In my experience the 19 row works just fine, you could fit a sandwich plate and delete the oil filter , go to an oil cooler and have an inline K&N oil filter...they are pretty nice...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IN-LINE-GAS-OIL-FI...=item43a8f41f0e

[bsamps4]

Seems like that would be pretty expensive to replace every oil change!

[Neon90424]

I dont think every oil change... maybe every 10,000 miles