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Old 05-07-2012, 08:34 PM   #1 (permalink)
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...has anyone with a Z1 Oil Cooler installed this yet ?
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Old 05-07-2012, 10:32 PM   #2 (permalink)
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...has anyone with a Z1 Oil Cooler installed this yet ?
I'm waiting for my kit to be delivered. It will be a tight fit there where the oil lines go from oitside to inside, over the chassis rail...
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I'm waiting for my kit to be delivered. It will be a tight fit there where the oil lines go from oitside to inside, over the chassis rail...
Interested on this as well. I plan to get both Z1 oil cooler and stillen brake cooling.
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Old 05-08-2012, 05:46 AM   #4 (permalink)
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My oil lines go over the frame railing and it's not a tight fit. A little cramped but not right at all.
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I have a Z1 oil cooler. I did reroute my power steering lines though. Got rid of those hard pipes and run one of the lines through the same hole the oil cooler lines go through.
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I have a Z1 oil cooler. I did reroute my power steering lines though. Got rid of those hard pipes and run one of the lines through the same hole the oil cooler lines go through.
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How about the coolingkit with OEM Rotors? Because the OEM Rotors are Not slotted, it will cool just One Side of the OEM discs?!
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How about the coolingkit with OEM Rotors? Because the OEM Rotors are Not slotted, it will cool just One Side of the OEM discs?!
They're vented. A vented rotor is basically an air pump - pumping air from the center out the outer edge.
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They're vented. A vented rotor is basically an air pump - pumping air from the center out the outer edge.
Ah great!

Someone has experience with oem rotors and the cooling kit
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Someone has experience with oem rotors and the cooling kit
At least 2 people are using it with the OEM brakes, SPOHN and wstar. The way it is designed it is compatible with all brake setups.
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They're vented. A vented rotor is basically an air pump - pumping air from the center out the outer edge.
Right, even the OEM-style rotors work with this. Another random point about the kit: you probably want to tape off the air intakes in the fangs to bed pads. I was able to bed pads and new rotors with the ducts installed, but it took a lot more work to get the temps up than usual. It's probably easier to tape them off, do the bedding, then take the tape back off, which is what I'll try next time around. The reason I even care (vs just taking a bit longer with them open) is that if you leave them open, the rears get bedded a lot faster than the fronts, and you risk overcooking the rears a bit just to get the fronts properly heated for bedding.
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Right, even the OEM-style rotors work with this. Another random point about the kit: you probably want to tape off the air intakes in the fangs to bed pads. I was able to bed pads and new rotors with the ducts installed, but it took a lot more work to get the temps up than usual. It's probably easier to tape them off, do the bedding, then take the tape back off, which is what I'll try next time around. The reason I even care (vs just taking a bit longer with them open) is that if you leave them open, the rears get bedded a lot faster than the fronts, and you risk overcooking the rears a bit just to get the fronts properly heated for bedding.
Glad you said that. Till now I never thought about the ducts being closed off to bed in.
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just buy the kit for the stillen fascia, its what you need.
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