AE Performance Oil Cooler Review

antbear

I also just added the AE Performance kit. It uses a Setrab 72 vertical rows core cooler with a billet adapter plate. This plate is not an oil thermostat because AE claims a thermostatic unit is not needed with the Vertical Rows arrangement. However don't believe this . . . a thermostatic unit is needed to bring the oil temperature up to 180 degrees because the 72 row cooler is so efficient.

I have a 25 minute (freeway) drive to work. Today the air temperature was 57 degrees. Oil temperature barely reached a maximum of 160 degrees at a speed of 70 mph. Plus it took 15 minutes (over half the drive time) for the oil temperature to reach this maximum. With much lower air temperatures this winter my Z will need a thermostatic plate to keep it a warm blooded animal. It won't be a good thing to operate my Z as a cold blooded reptile even if it does have FANGS!

I am wondering if a Z1 Motorsports thermostatic plate will match up to the AE components to solve my problem? Has anyone used this plate with the AE kit?

Oil Cooler Thermostatic Sandwich Plate Conversion Kit

BTW . . . I also added a Defi 52mm, Racer Series, oil pressure gauge. It perfectly matches the stock gauges.

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