Mods needed to support 550 WHP Centrifugal SC kit

TopgunZ

I ran without an oil cooler the whole time I was supercharged and never seen more than 240*. This was a street queen car so it never seen track days. I think a lot of the "must have an oil cooler" info comes from the turbo world since they use oil to cool the turbo so it heats it up even more. I could be way off and am in no way saying not to get one, but just saying I ran without one and it wasn't a problem. I will add up north though so southern heat is different.

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bcfromfl

I'm not sure which years/models came with the OEM cooler -- did yours at least have the OEM one?

Jayhovah

I am TT and run without an external oil cooler, though I have the OEM cooler and the GTM oil pan which acts as a gigantic heat sink and provides additional capacity.

Based on claims in this community that the OEM cooler was ineffective, I did try deleting it for a while and what I found was that this claim is completely inaccurate - the OEM cooler does quite a bit! Without the cooler, cruising at ~95mph, 87 degrees high humidity, my oil temps reached steady state at ~260F.

After reinstalling the OEM cooler, cruising at ~95mph, 83 degrees high humidity, my oil temps reached stead state at ~227F.

The OEM oil cooler definitely does make a difference, and in my case (in conjunction with my GTM pan) is enough for street driving. I can not comment on the performance in a track scenario, but I would assume it would not be sufficient.

One thing to note: In cooler weather, my oil temps were fine without the OEM cooler... I'd hypothesize that my GTM pan was cooling pretty efficiently with the cold air flow.

'12+ have the OEM cooler.

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