Need information about oil coolers
 

So after my first track day I have decided that I do need a oil cooler. :roflpuke2:

what are the best options in terms of price/performance.

at least it was AFTER.... not during!

GTM makes a nice one. Well they actully make 2. they have the HR and the competion one. The hr is smaller but from my understanding it does a very well job and lowering temps
Frank

You need to look at how many rows you want/need and if your going to be driving in colder weather also. If you are going to be just hitting the track once in awhile then a 19 row cooler should be fine, but if you plan to be doing a bunch of events and pushing the car then you will definitely need to look into a bigger unit.

Check my DIY (link in my Sig). Lots of discussion..

Curious if you hit limp during the event?

I hit limp on the last lap of the day but it wasn't bad it was on the last 2 corners and the yellow flag was out so I had to lower speed anyway.

it were sessions of half hour on, half hour off.

I just popped the hood open after every hour.

the engine does cool down pretty quickly.

If you track the car, I say 25R. You might have problem getting it up to temp on the road, but I can see how it is benefical on the track

He won't have any problems getting the engine up to temp on the road if he installs an oil thermostat (like the Mocal sandwich plate) along with the cooler.

In sub 75F weather, I have never gotten over 185F during normal driving with my custom 25R. I do have the mocal sandwitch adapter.

curious, do you 370z guys have coolant lines running through the stock sandwich plate? If so, what do you do with these lines when you install the thermostatic sandwich plate for the oil cooler?

no, there isnt one from the factory

Oil Coolers has been discussed if you're going to the track!!
This has been beaten to Death, so whats the Surprise..
Stillen, Gtm, AE Performance.

the filter mounts directly to the engine? We have a stock sandwich plate on our G's here. with coolant lines running through for cooling. Doesn't do crap though.

Yes, filter straight to the block.

No oil warmer

This tuner guy I went to is planning to get a HKS oil cooler and customise it slightly so the oil filter is on the top of the engine instead of below.

I hope no idea why. he said it would make the car easier to maintenance and he does it on all his 1200HP R34 projects.

I do trust this guy, I have seen his work and his abilities and he is MAD good. also the first person to drive the GT-R in europe. He went to russia from belgium to give drift demonstration and some shady guy was all "yo you want to try a R35?" which was pretty much impossible since it was only released for about a half month in japan "yes but im mafia I got it"

he then drove the GT-R XD