Announcing the release of the STILLEN race oil cooler

LiquidZ · 10-06-2009, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ResIpsa

Am I missing something? Why is everybody so upset about the Stillen Race kit?

The core is a Setrab. The plate is a Perma Cool. The only proprietary part of the kit is the bracket. Are you upset about the bracket?

What is it you believe Stillen did wrong?

I thought the same thing...

Now a question for you. Are you having any of these issues with your race cooler and Mocal thermo plate?

ResIpsa · 10-06-2009, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by LiquidZ

I thought the same thing...

Now a question for you. Are you having any of these issues with your race cooler and Mocal thermo plate?

I hear a whining sound but it really does not concern me. In fact, I was relieved to discover that it was not my differential.

On the street I used to regularly see temps of 220 when cruising and 240+ when driving hard. Now, I cruise locked to 180 and there is no way to get it over 210.

I understand that when you start modifying your car there will be unintended consequences. For example, the ambient temperature gauge no longer works because of the added heat of the cooler. I can live with that.

Modshack · 10-06-2009, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ResIpsa

I understand that when you start modifying your car there will be unintended consequences. For example, the ambient temperature gauge no longer works because of the added heat of the cooler. I can live with that.

Huh? Not sure where that is coming from, but mine works just fine......

If yours doesn't you might want to re-check your install..

ResIpsa · 10-06-2009, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Modshack

Huh? Not sure where that is coming from, but mine works just fine......

If yours doesn't you might want to re-check your install..

When you responded to my previous thread "On the water temp gauge, yeah that is worthless. After 132-134 degrees there is no change until 212+" were you talking about the water temp or outside temp?

And if it is you water temp, you might want to re-check your install.

Modshack · 10-07-2009, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by ResIpsa

For example, the ambient temperature gauge no longer works because of the added heat of the cooler. I can live with that.

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Originally Posted by ResIpsa

When you responded to my previous thread "On the water temp gauge, yeah that is worthless. After 132-134 degrees there is no change until 212+" were you talking about the water temp or outside temp?

And if it is you water temp, you might want to re-check your install.

I was responding to your first comment. My ambient air temp sensor works just fine. And on the second, if you will plug in a Scangauge or equivalent that will read actual water temps you'll see that the LED gauge is virtualy worthless except at extremes. This has nothing to do with an oil cooler. They all work this way. ... 2 different sensors discussed here...Maybe you meant something else..??

ResIpsa · 10-07-2009, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Modshack

I was responding to your first comment. My ambient air temp sensor works just fine. And on the second, if you will plug in a Scangauge or equivalent that will read actual water temps you'll see that the LED gauge is virtualy worthless except at extremes. This has nothing to do with an oil cooler. They all work this way. ... 2 different sensors discussed here...Maybe you meant something else..??

Actually, that clears things up. I assumed you meant the outside air temperature.

My guess is that the outside air sensor must be in front of the radiator on the passenger side. I assumed that the heat coming off the cooler was getting interpreted as outside air temp. That might explain why your driver side mount does not screw with the sensor. Or the dealership ran a line across the sensor. I can only speculate.

And, for what its worth, I can confirm that the outside air temp gauge only goes up to 142 degrees.

Thanks for clearing that up.

Denny McLain · 10-07-2009, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Modshack

I was responding to your first comment. My ambient air temp sensor works just fine. And on the second, if you will plug in a Scangauge or equivalent that will read actual water temps you'll see that the LED gauge is virtualy worthless except at extremes. This has nothing to do with an oil cooler. They all work this way. ... 2 different sensors discussed here...Maybe you meant something else..??

Unquestionably apples and oranges and still trying to figure out why Nissan put the voltage in a nice guage and made water temps unreadable for all practical purposes. Seems like they should have been reversed. Dunno.....people putting in big sound systems??

Even though it's apples and oranges, noticed my water temps after the oil cooler install did run about ten degrees lower than before.

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