DIY: Air conditioning for your Sump!.......

Jordo! · 09-25-2010, 06:33 PM

Quick update -- I have the cool fins on. As soon as they were afixed, you could feel heat being pulled off of the oil pan.

Now I also switched to 0-w30 Castrol, so not 100% certain that the cool fins are soley responsible for this, but after romping on it very hard in 90* F FL heat, oil temps stayed below 220 the whole time

I'll monitor temps suring normal driving and report more later

gufazi · 09-26-2010, 07:00 AM

Interested. Do you have any pics of the install. Where exactly did you put them?

Jordo! · 09-26-2010, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by gufazi

Interested. Do you have any pics of the install. Where exactly did you put them?

It comes with a heat conductive double sided adhesive strip -- a small square that is exactly the same size as the fins. Two sets of fins covers about 3/4 of the bottom of the oil pan. Put the strip down, gently press on the fins -- done.

If you wanted to do the oil pan and, say, the diff case -- I'd order 4-5 sets of them.

RCGsupra · 09-26-2010, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jordo!

Quick update -- I have the cool fins on. As soon as they were afixed, you could feel heat being pulled off of the oil pan.

Now I also switched to 0-w30 Castrol, so not 100% certain that the cool fins are soley responsible for this, but after romping on it very hard in 90* F FL heat, oil temps stayed below 220 the whole time

I'll monitor temps suring normal driving and report more later

Keep us posted. I'm interested in seeing if this is effective. I know it's a pipe dream, but it would be awesome if these could be used instead of an oil cooler,

09-25-2010, 06:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jordo! A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: nirvana Posts: 6,394 Drives: 2023 NATM Rep Power: 420	Quick update -- I have the cool fins on. As soon as they were afixed, you could feel heat being pulled off of the oil pan. Now I also switched to 0-w30 Castrol, so not 100% certain that the cool fins are soley responsible for this, but after romping on it very hard in 90* F FL heat, oil temps stayed below 220 the whole time I'll monitor temps suring normal driving and report more later __________________ Enjoy it. Destroy it.

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09-26-2010, 07:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
gufazi Base Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Springfield, Virginia Posts: 28 Drives: 09 370Z Tour Sport Rep Power: 17	Interested. Do you have any pics of the install. Where exactly did you put them?