2012s on lots....where are the oil coolers?

MJB

Hey guys, I was looking around on courtesyparts website just to see if maybe another Nissan model ran a similar type oil cooler. It looks like the Altima does.. Look at the V6 model diagram. And it looks like just for the cooler part is around 280$
213 Oil Cooler :: Exhaust & Cooling :: Genuine Nissan Parts :: Altima Parts (L32) 2007-2011 :: Nissan Parts, NISMO and Nissan Accessories - Courtesyparts.com

Red__Zed

exactly

probably.

Davey

Hey! I happen to be a moron, you insensitive clod!

SPOHN

I have adapters stacked on my car for months now. No issues. It's actully a very common pratice, especially with a FI setups. The Greddy plate I have actully uses a two gasket system for there universal. So when I was playing with it I actually saw I could use both gaskets (the smaller and larger one) and the would seat perfect up against the GTM sandwich plate.

But you could just buy the Greddy plate that's a all in one thermo plate with ports for your gauge sensors.




This is the part where it's universal where the gasket rings lay. I put both in. They seated in the above right picture on the solid part of the surface. They fit perfect without the inner gasket collapsing within the open portion of the thermo plate.

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Davey

I don't know how common it is on the kits most places are offering but an air/oil cooler with a thermostat-based bypass would be the best idea for a 3-season car that sees fairly heavy track use, wouldn't it?

Red__Zed

you will still need a block off plate, the thermostatic adapter is usually not quite enough.


Spohn-- it can certainly be done. I just like the idea of minimizing the number of failure points.

With stacked coolers, one of the two is likely to run into some funky flow issues too.

SPOHN

I agree also. But for myself this was the best thing for running my oil pressure gauge. Eventually I will run something different. Basically I wanted to instow confindence that when done right there's no worries.

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Red__Zed

yep, and that is something that serves a valid purpose (no way in hell I'd run an aircooled system without one). Stacking coolers doesn't make a lot of sense-- higher risk, no real reward.

SPOHN

Especially after seeing pressure at 130psi when cold and at 2.5K revs.

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Red__Zed

z hater

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SPOHN

^ ha

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Pharmacist

Um, is this a joke or something? That's quite high for an engine barely above idle.

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MJB

So how hard do you guys think it would be to retrofit this new water/cooled system for the 09-11 Z's? I would be interested in buying it as I am a little skeptical with these aftermarket oil coolers. I'm sure it wouldn't be up to par for track use but definitely an upgrade for street and spirited driving use.

ImportConvert

Depends on the temperature I guess? LS7 in 50* weather cold-crank at idle is around 50-60psi. That's the only car I have that I trust the oil pressure gauge on.

wstar

It's a good point about the double-sandwich plate, it's not as ideal as a just one (or none). I guess it depends on the design of their cooler sandwich plate how secure everything looks. I don't really think the high psi is a factor though. Either way the physical connections for the adapters, if properly tightened, should hold way way beyond that, they're pretty heavy (at least on the Mocal unit).

Anyone figure out whether they're routing the coolant to and from? You would think the inlet would come from the cold side of the radiator, but I'd really like to see how the factory hose routing works. 2012 service manual available yet?

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