Engine oil cooler!

[Scoota G]

Does anyone have thoughts, comments or perhaps fitted an oil cooler to vehicle?

[Scando]

I fitted one to mine.  I don't have an oil temp sensor but it helped decrease the water temps.  Also, before i fitted the oil cooler, the oil pressure would drop right down towards the end of longer races.  Once I fitted the cooler it stayed perfect all of the time.  Unless you're doing track days, I'd say it's overkill on an n/a L series.

[KatoKid]

^^^^^ What he said.

[Scoota G]

I fitted a remote oil filter to my other Zed with the 302 Cleveland V8 so i'm thinking i will get it for that.

[ZED83]

Have you tried Redline water wetter $30 bottle? Hav'nt Tryed it myself, another alternative! Has anyone tried this stuff before?

[PZG302]

Have you tried Redline water wetter $30 bottle? Hav'nt Tryed it myself, another alternative! Has anyone tried this stuff before?

 

I used it in the old track Z, was great for that as I didn't need any antifreeze component and also had the added benefit of no Glycol which is a requirement for CAMS racing, it can be more sliipery than oil on the tack.

 

For my road car I will look at using it but will do a bit more research as to what anti corrosion properties it has as alloy heads with cast iron blocks and plain water or coolant with no corrosion protection isn't agood thing. In a race car no worries as I am generally dropping the water out fairly regularly for maintenance.

[dat2kman]

You can get Penrite Sin Coolant at half that price, it does exact same thing.

Back to back, in two race cars temps dropped approx 10-15 degrees on water, using a 270degree sweep mechanical guage.

Oil temps dropped approx 10 degrees. Celciuoseseseses not the frarenheitesie things.

Yes plus 1 for no glycol/anti freeze.

 

Where the hell in this country does a car live to need - negative minus a gazillion degrees of freeze protection.

Oh wot, somewon lives at Cooma, well you stick the glycol stuff in but watch out when it gets dumped onto a roadway just in front of your rear tyres!

 

Yes an oil cooler is a goid idea too, one of the alloy sandwich plates, with lines going forward to a say 14" by 8" alloy cooler mounted vertically in front of radiator works well for me.

Other choice is a plate with lines going to a separate mounted on inner guard thing that a common Z9 filter screws onto, then lines to cooler.

The thermal bypass ones will run all oil through motor only, until hot enough, then it opens the bypass to then circ the oil through cooler.

Be aware of this, hint, warm up engine!

The racer boys will jack up a car, run motors change gears, full drivetrain warmup, before going on track.

Smart thing to do.