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Fatal Rabbit · 05-18-2016, 05:05 PM

I had a local shop install a 34 Row Z1 oil cooler with a thermostat today.

Unless I'm mistaken, I was under the impression that the thermostat was supposed to kick in at 180 degrees and not let the car get much hotter than that.

However, I took the car to an empty back road on some private property and I stood up on it to around 6k RPM's from 0-80 a few times after the oil was above 150, and it never even reached 180 degrees. I romped on this thing and it barely crossed 175 degrees at the hardest I ran the car.

So I call the guys who installed it and they tell me that the engine shouldn't ever run above 180 and it's a good thing that it's kicking in at, what seems to be, 150-160 degrees.

Am I wrong? Are they wrong? I'm confused now.

05-18-2016, 05:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
Fatal Rabbit Base Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Harker Heights, TX Posts: 13 Drives: 2014 370z PW 6M Rep Power: 9	Installed a Z1 Oil Cooler Today - Something Doesn't Seem Right I had a local shop install a 34 Row Z1 oil cooler with a thermostat today. Unless I'm mistaken, I was under the impression that the thermostat was supposed to kick in at 180 degrees and not let the car get much hotter than that. However, I took the car to an empty back road on some private property and I stood up on it to around 6k RPM's from 0-80 a few times after the oil was above 150, and it never even reached 180 degrees. I romped on this thing and it barely crossed 175 degrees at the hardest I ran the car. So I call the guys who installed it and they tell me that the engine shouldn't ever run above 180 and it's a good thing that it's kicking in at, what seems to be, 150-160 degrees. Am I wrong? Are they wrong? I'm confused now.