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Originally Posted by Dark Sarcasm
maybe, but installing an oil cooler to keep temps at 200 is fine also
no, its not incedental, you placed GM into this thread as if no one should use oil coolers b/c of GMs crap.
^ NOW THAT ^ would be a great post that brings a good technical point to the thread. And yet it had nothing to do with Corvette ********.
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Well noone gives a damn that Nissan refuses to put a cooler in the car. I figured if I introduced the fact that another company actually spent R&D money to REMOVE one half a decade into the production cycle, maybe people would take note. Nah. People still want to buy a damn oil-cooler when the needle crests 220*.
You can turn this into a brand-war all you want. I really don't care. I provided you with a real-world example of a manufacturer changing production 5-years in, and spending money to do it. You want to make it a pissing contest? Have at it. Everyone else can take the point as it was meant.
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Originally Posted by bigZ
If I do not intend on bringing my 370z to the track should I still invest in an oil cooler?
I intend on buying headers, high flow cats , intake, cat back and a tune for the car over the next year. SHould I budget an oil cooler too?
Dave B
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THAT is who my post was aimed at. The OP.
If you track your Z, by all means, I think it should have an oil-cooler. One with a bypass and thermostat.
If you don't track it, and aren't hitting limp mode, don't get one.
My posts in this thread have been about people who want an oil-cooler "just because they think...". Not people who actually tap the limp-mode.
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As to GM and their engineers, there is a reason Ferrari and a lot of others pay GM royalties for the technologies they have developed. Say whatever you want, but Nissan had to rent their engine technology from Ford. Ferrari gets their active suspension from GM, and lots of others barrow from elsewhere.