My 2004 M3 never sees oil temps above 210, and that's in 100+ degree days with over 70% humidity (good ol Missouri) and driving up into hills. I don't understand why the 370Z has issues, seems like an engineering fault to me.
The oil temp in my 2011 Z was 215 just cruising at 75mph the other day when it was only 85deg outside. As soon as you get on the gas, you can literially see the needle move up. Other performance cars just seem to not need oil coolers at all when driving the snot out of them. Kinda pisses me off that we have to shell out major coin just to keep oil temps down.
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