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Originally Posted by christian370z
Well, even with your cooler and the thermostatic plate, it still sits around 160 cruising at night time temperatures. I find that the only time my oil temps ever go above 180 is either sitting in traffic or really pushing the car hard.
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Again.. not discounting Z1's info on the temp's.. but having the thermo plate doesn't take any interaction from you, and as noted in the info on the Nissan Motorsports cooler, that a kit without a thermostatic plate should be removed at times of extreme cold temp's, you have security knowing the plate is bypassing the cooler when not needed.
Having control of the temps to not go below minimum operating temperatures is key.. and 160 degrees is lower than you'd like, but taking into account the engine working at a touch higher, acceptable, but an oil cooler can cool the oil too much, keeping the engine cooler than intended, especially when pushing it.. which hopefully any Z owner is bound to do.. otherwise why own it, even if it's a good on-ramp to the freeway at any given point.. regardless of outside temperature