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Originally Posted by gmr19
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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Im in Germany waiting for my Z to arrive this week. Purchased it and immediately added the oil cooler(Z1Motorsports kit). No way in even marginal heat only in the summer here I would want any problem.
Yes its at my expense and frankly should have been corrected by Nissan. But I wanted the car and knew going in the issue could arise(oil temp). With high speed driving here actually legal, and one can visit many tracks etc, plus Nurburgring, why chance it.
Reading online its pretty easy to find US magazines saying the issue would be a deal breaker(Road and Track) and very poor choice by Nissan to put it on the consumer(once again Road and Track). SO the word is out in the press and its a negative point on a very very good car.
Frankly the automakers have done worse things and its just an oil cooler. Take or leave it, and among all the cars out there none are perfect and no one should think they are or are all issue free.
I also have a 2009 Abarth 500 and its turbocharged and has an oil cooler!! Even cheap ole Fiat has the guts to put in an oil cooler in a performance car. I should say smarts!
