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Originally Posted by kenyonscs
Thanks Chris,
I've asked my dealer to quote me on a "dealer installed" oil cooler but haven't heard back. Maybe I'll wait until I get through break in and see how things look. It can get pretty hot in the DC area in the summer, so maybe I'll have a problem and maybe not. I have also heard that using very slippery oil helps keep the temperature down. That makes sense to me. From what I've read on these boards 260F seems to be the limit on safe operation.
Steve
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My dealer has offered a 20% discount, Parts & Labor, on the Nissan Motor Sports oil cooler, for a total of "at the most" (his words) $800. Part of a Valued Customer promotion. I don't know anything about quality or performance on, say, Nissan Motor Sports (I'm going to abbreviate NMS hereafter) vs. Stillen. Just going on a #-of-rows vs. #-of-rows, and total cost, the quote I got from Josh at Stillen seemed like a better deal. Of course, the dealer is right here, and Stillen is about 350 miles away. And if the oil-cooler transplant causes a problem, some people might feel safer with a Nissan dealer on the hook for repair and replacement. Trade-offs, trade-offs, as always.
Kenyonscs, you and I are the same age and have personal histories of multiple sports cars over many years. I'm curious what motivated you to go in the direction of a 370Z after three different Porsches, including a 356SC (gulp) and a 911S with the dry sump (gulp-gulp).
BTW, I live in Central California, about 35 miles from the ocean. My local temperatures in summer can get well into triple digits, while the coast can be fully 30-40 degrees cooler (e.g., Cambria, Hearst Castle). My 370
easily gets up to 220 degrees driving smoothly and modestly down the coast in 60-degree weather. On the other hand, I don't recall going over 240, maybe 260 worst-case even in the dog days. Like so many others, I do feel the car heats up much too easily.
