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I'm literally strategically thinking about the most efficient way of doing this project.. and mitigating any potential issues that could arise and slow us down.

We have this. No worries brother. At worse. We call it quits and I install later on down the road from a local shop. I plan to get in Friday morning. Should give us 3 days for everything. I'm sure we can half *** our way through the tricky parts.

I do promise that's the last thing. I had no intention of getting a cooler. It just happened to work out perfectly. I apologize for throwing that at you guys. That's if everything works out properly. Sale is pending. Hahaha.

mike.. buy 2 cheap blankets from harbor freight.. we'll use the blankets to lay on the floor, so the pb blaster that we'll use will fall on that and not on Mr. Madwi's garage..

why the oil cooler though? do you see yourself doing the track?

and I do remember when I had my oil cooler installed, it was like I did an oil change at the same time, so I'd factor in 5 quarts and a filter added in too..

Okie dokey. Easy enough.

Nope. Just cool to have.

ewwwwwwww... dude, you'll soon find out, having one is kinda a pain in the azz...

you might wanna do a little bit of research before you pull the trigger on one..

in regards to air temperature vs engine oil temps and how an oil cooler factors in..

when you'd use a block off plate and when you dont.. and how air temps factor in..

He is getting a very good deal. One you dont pass up or you regret it later lol.

It took me a little bit figuring it out, but I did.. would I have bought it knowing what I know now? hmmmm, thats hard to say.. but watching my oil temps is definitely a priority now that I have a cooler than before getting one..

Maybe one of the vets can chime in.. (Rusty? paging Rusty)

Be sure to save room for a large box of crap when you leave. You get to have all my old detailing crap I couldnt send in the mail. They are gallon sized jugs. :tup:

basically, even at 60 degrees, with an oil cooler, if your car's oil temp is struggling to reach 160 degrees, you're running the potential of doing damage to your engine (because the oil is too cool).. now there's varying opinions on air temperature and engine oil temps.. some will say 160 is too low, 170 to 180 is ideal, but there's no way you'll reach that if its 60 degrees out, and you're driving casually..

make sense?

It might have thermostatic switch. not sure but my guess would be it is.

now, if its 70 degrees out or higher, you should be safe.. but always watching your temps (even at night, when temps are prone to dropping), if your engine oil temp drops to a certain level, you'd put on your block off plate, to prevent the cooler from dropping your engine temps to damaging levels.

trust me, if this doesnt make sense right now, it will when you get one. Its pretty impressive to see it in action, because your engine oil temps can change very very quickly with one.

I'm only speaking from personal experience, I am in no way an expert on how they work, this is only analysis that I've experienced 1st hand and the research that did AFTER I got one.. I couldn't pass up a good deal..

I was like...sh1t...:eek::eek::eek::eek:

you vets are free to chime in and chew me out if im way off... :icon17:

It doesn't come with a plate. I have no issue getting one though. Shouldn't be that bad. At worse, either of you guys wanna trade for the smaller version? Lol

i can smell the smoke all the way to my place.

WHAT??????? What's you need to know?

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It is a bit hit and miss regarding the block off plate. A rule of thumb is that if the outside temp is less than 60 or so F then use the plate. It is not good to run the engine over long periods with the oil below 180F.

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And sold!

Madwi... Expect another package. And I will just order the plate to be on the safe end. It def can't hurt.

If you have a oil cooler with a thermostatic plate. You will not have any problems down to 50F. The plate stays cracked open a little to keep oil flowing through the cooler to keep the oil warm. So that when the plate opens fully. The system is not getting shocked with cold oil. Moisture in the oil starts to evaporate at 110F. By the time it hits 180F. All of the moisture is gone. I would install a cooler cover at 50F. Higher if you want to feel safer.

If you don't have a thermostatic plate. You can make a plate out of sheet aluminum that you can duct tape or zip tie in place. I would do this at around 60F. Depending on how hard you are going to push it.

Remember, you are only dealing with 5 to 6 quarts of oil.

I'm going to just order a plate from FI just to be safe. Can't hurt.

So the list now stands at:

FI 18inch resonated exhaust
Z1 res HFC
V2 rjm clutch pedal
Stillen Gen 3 long tube intake with aem dry filters and pcv stuff
Fly1 CF side blades
Fuji knockoff CF diffuser
FI 34 row oil cooler
Fairlady Z badging for rear
Gtr button
Vinyl wrap CF b pillars

They are Fast Intentions HFC.

Even better! Everything will match!!!! Muwahahaahahaha

Keeping track of everything. It's a legit list! Lol

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Hot tube Saturday nite. :tiphat:

So I was in the right ballpark... thanks for chiming in.:tup:

Madwi says we can just add a sheet of aluminum to the cooler. It's what he does to his. He has the same exact cooler.

just gonna make a simple plate.

I do the same thing with mine..I cut it in 2 pieces, and its held on by velcro and it works like a charm.