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Ran across this: STILLEN Gold Series Oil Cooler Kit - Performance 400643 | STILLEN

Stillen is running sale prices on oil coolers this coming Saturday too.

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NINJA

Doesn't fit Nismo.

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MB37

Wow that's one heck of a deal. So tempting

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Cbtech

that's actually really good price for a Stillen oil cooler! but I would have to say the kids that I purchased is still a better deal. I paid about $300 for the kit with the 24 Row cooler and sandwich plate. the only thing that I would say would be missing would be the name brand. on the hard canyon run that we had a couple weeks ago the car never got over 220 degrees. save your money and go with the kit that isn't as expensive but still does the same job.



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NINJA

Hooked on driving rents helmets at their events. $25 for the day.

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MB37

Can I just wear my motorcycle helmet? Lol

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Tempestz

The helmet you need for a track event has to be a snell 2010 approved or higher. Some motorcycle helmets will work. Some are only DOT approved though. So just check it out and see if it's approved.

Yeah oil cooler is the next thing on my list! I'll check those things out. Thanks guys.

CB- that oil cooler from race parts warehouse. You just bought the kit and had the fittings crimped and that's all you needed to do? That's an awesome deal

Cbtech

I didn't want to deal with the braided lines on that particular kit so I went with the push fittings. unfortunately something went bad with a push fitting and I had a couple of leaks. So myotor made a custom pair of hydraulic hose lines and fittings that prevent it from leaking now. I'm sure if I went with the braided lines it might have been a different story.




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Tempestz

So go with braided lines, and get someone to put the fittings on? That sounds like a good deal to me

myotorsports

BTW, finished my cooler install. Went with the RPW 48 row for the engine and 24 for the trans... fittings up. Wow runs right on the plate's thermostat @ 185... Pushed it a couple of times, holds steady. Went with Amsoil Premium (7 qts!), the car seems much happier now

ValidusVentus

Sweet! thats one heck of a oil cooler man. I think I actually might need to replace my sandwich plate as it seems to cool regardless of the temp (even though i bought the supposedly thermo one). In past winters I have attached a blockoff plate to the core to block airflow which worked just fine but its a pain to get up in there. Whats your oil temps cruising in 6th when its below 60 outside?

In regards to the kit yeah you can save money with that other one thats for sure, I suppose I went with the name brand and ready to go kit just for piece of mind and ease of install. Perhaps it will be even cheaper this weekend? who knows. I am really looking at bushings at the moment, really want to upgrade my suspension but from the research Ive been doing I am thinking its equally vital to replace the stock rubber bushings. I am definitely eager to get off my 60k mi stock suspension tho. Also, I wish I had the dough to buy those wheels off you Superdave so I could have some track only tires but damn there are always so many things to buy...

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myotorsports

Sup Nate, Thx! The temps ran right on the thermo when cruising @ 60mph last night. Might just be because it's new. I have some other theories about that as well, since Cb was having the same issue with temps. IMHO it should run right on the thermostat if the cooler has enough capacity and the thermo is working correctly- just like the cooling system. BTW, who makes bushings? I really like urethane and I've installed Energy Suspension on everything else I drive... They work great! I like suspension mods... Sorry about the crappy pic...

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ValidusVentus

Whats up man, I read over this earlier and then went to doing something else and completely forgot. Yeah definitely after hearing this I need to take a look at my thermo plate or just give Stillen a call and see if they can hook me up for cheap or something. The bushings I am looking at are SPL also need to get a set of front upper arms from them soon. They just(FINALLY) started making them and I am not sure how long they will be in production, you just never know. I have seen some specific bushings for sale on their site and some advertised as part of their suspension products but i want to call them and see what they can do as far as just selling me the whole set [of bushings] at once or something. At the moment the only aftermarket "bushing" I have is the tranny mount. Got the Z1 poly mount and love it. Much better shifter feel than it was b4 and you can hear the tranny gear whine more, especially in the lower gears (which may have something to do with how I (didn't) break in my tranny at all really - had to replace it due to 5th gear grind.)

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Tempestz

Myoto, I dont think your second question about the bushings was ever answered. but i changed all mine to whiteline bushings in my 350Z and loved it. they are polyurethane and affordable. Z1 sells all of them for our cars.

And I am selling all the components of my exhaust, y pipe and midpie are going to Dave, and the little B**** that claimed my axle back never answered his phone today. so now im driving around like a retard with ridiculously loud exhaust...made my head hurt after driving an hour with no exhaust. i will be picking up my nismo exhaust tomorrow after Dave and I get his new exhaust and springs installed. his car is going to sound SICK!! it it really woke up my car. but troubled times ask for parts to be sold...

Cbtech

I had the same issue. I was driving in the rain one day and it would NOT get any hotter than 140° no matter how much i ran the RPM's up. What sandwich plate are you using?

I called the sales guy at RPW Racing and he said that it doesnt completly block off the oil flow even when cold. I still got a replacement and it does take a while to get up to 180 but it will stay up there after it gets heated up. So i think i might have had a bad plate too. They wanted me to send mine in for testing but i got too busy and forgot to send it in

I believe the stillen cooler kit still requires some modification but i could be wrong. All i did was use a $3 Deck Flashing plate to create the mount and then spray painted it black to match the cooler. I think the hardest part of the install was making sure all the fittings were tight enough and that was just due to me not having all the right tools.

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