Nissan Motorsports Oil Coolers

jeffreyfranz

My dealer has offered a 20% discount, Parts & Labor, on the Nissan Motor Sports oil cooler, for a total of "at the most" (his words) $800. Part of a Valued Customer promotion. I don't know anything about quality or performance on, say, Nissan Motor Sports (I'm going to abbreviate NMS hereafter) vs. Stillen. Just going on a #-of-rows vs. #-of-rows, and total cost, the quote I got from Josh at Stillen seemed like a better deal. Of course, the dealer is right here, and Stillen is about 350 miles away. And if the oil-cooler transplant causes a problem, some people might feel safer with a Nissan dealer on the hook for repair and replacement. Trade-offs, trade-offs, as always.

Kenyonscs, you and I are the same age and have personal histories of multiple sports cars over many years. I'm curious what motivated you to go in the direction of a 370Z after three different Porsches, including a 356SC (gulp) and a 911S with the dry sump (gulp-gulp).

BTW, I live in Central California, about 35 miles from the ocean. My local temperatures in summer can get well into triple digits, while the coast can be fully 30-40 degrees cooler (e.g., Cambria, Hearst Castle). My 370 easily gets up to 220 degrees driving smoothly and modestly down the coast in 60-degree weather. On the other hand, I don't recall going over 240, maybe 260 worst-case even in the dog days. Like so many others, I do feel the car heats up much too easily.

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