oil cooler
 

If I do not intend on bringing my 370z to the track should I still invest in an oil cooler?

I intend on buying headers, high flow cats , intake, cat back and a tune for the car over the next year. SHould I budget an oil cooler too?

Dave B

some say you dont "need it" but i would recommend it. Its like a computer, the OEM heatsink/fan work but a zalman or something is always recommended. The more you can keep your temps in line, the better it is for durability and long term life.

But if you dont plan on tracking, a 19 or 25 row should be fine. maybe a 25 row with a thermostatic plate since your down in TX.

http://www.the370z.com/drivetrain-en...tomizable.html

If you can afford it, I would.

Especially you being in TX, I hit 230 degrees right now in New York and its only mid 60's.

It's not necessary, however i would do this mod over say headers... just my 2c

I run a 19 row and I do not track, but I often drive in traffic and heat. The oil cooler keeps the temps hunky-dory. I use this one:

GTM Motorsports*::*ENGINE EXTERNALS*::*GTM HD OIL COOLER FOR VQ

I'd love to get one as well. I want to track the car maybe once or twice a year, which is minimal but I live in Southwest FL and I have Stillen G3. I'm thinking a 25 row.....

34 rows will fit fine with gen 3's just fyi. im in GA and i have a 34 and it works really well. Probably overkill for the winter even with the thermostatic plate.

should be more than enough. I'm looking into the 19 row, i don't plan on ever tracking, and the majority of the year is pretty cold here in ny however from may-september can get pretty hot and I've already had my oil temp at ~230 and it's not even june yet...

I live in California where weather hits 100+ and let me tell you........YOU DONT NEED OIL COOLER. Im always at 18-19 with AC blasting (AC causes engine to heat up even more FYI) at 90 degree weather.

HOWEVER........many 370z owners downshift and/or shift at a high RPM hiting 4-5k almost every shift ( I dont know why but its gonna kill the engine). If you're planning on shifting under 4k and not downshift, I can guarantee you YOU DO NOT NEED OIL COOLER.

If you're one of those obnoxious driver (always having your engine in high RPM, downshifting for no reason), then get the oil cooler

And of course install a oil cooler if you're gonna plan on tracking your car.

well, if you ask around, i shift normally 3k and despite that, cruising on the highway at a steady speed my oil temps had hit 230 since then i got an oil cooler.

if yours doesnt have issues congrats. but there are many many many many who had the temps go up kinda high (not 280) just driving around and im sure that were all not "obnoxious" drivers.

A little pricey but I also see it's worth. The 370z is a quick car that shouldnt be granny shifted.

How much for install? Ballpark?

I really don't think it's necessary. If you drive "sanely". I've driven mine pretty hard in 95 degree weather in city traffic with no issues (ever).

But, to each their own.

why couldnt nissan add oil cooler from factory....

because it would have brought the cost of the car over a lot of ppl's price range..

And it just wasnt worth loosing customers over it. 98% of Z owners will never need one anyway

No, you shouldn't.

GM used to put a plate/fin style oil cooler in the Z06. They no-longer do. The ZR1 doesn't have one, either.

Oil coolers cause problems on the street. Now GM has an oil-cooler that uses the coolant to regulate oil temp. It lives by the oil-pan and has no fins, etc. It simply moves the coolant and oil near each other to keep them roughly the same temp.

A lot of Z06 owners from previous years are only hitting 135-155* on the highway oil-temp. My car runs 185-200* on the highway, depending on ambient temp.

So MUCH BETTER for the car.

I would suggest you take a note from GM who REMOVED an oil-cooler like the one you want to install and developed a different one that won't cause as much issue.

your like a baseball fan in the upper deck doing "the wave". No matter how hard you try you will never be a part of the crowd.

WTF do aftermarket 370Z oil coolers have to do with factory GM oil pan fins coolant thing-a-ma-jigs?

MY 370Z runs in the 200+ temps on 90* days. 220* is not uncommon under hard driving conditions. To the OP, a properly installed oil cooler is no more detrimental to your ride than any other aftermarket part. I would rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it.