Can I just wear my motorcycle helmet? Lol

Wow that's one heck of a deal. So tempting :icon14:

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

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

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 :driving:

awesome news! im probably gonna get this for myself for Christmas.

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...

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...

Jeeeesus that is a huge cooler!

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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 :icon14:

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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CB, that's a clean install, I like the hoses, but you might want to flip that thing over so the hoses are on the top, or upgrade your oil pump. I wonder if anyone has mounted one in the preferred orientation.
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Interesting SD, I might just do that because right now G3s are out of the equation… Need to fab a whole different mount tho… maybe later...

Yeah that is a pretty install CB, the lower routing makes for a much less cluttered routing compared to mine which travels right next to my right air filter of the Gen 3. I also had to retighten my fittings once or twice to stop a slow leak. I think the mounting with fittings on top is so that the oil cooler stays full when the car is shut down and doesn't oil starve the engine while its being filled up by the oil pump. (I could be wrong on this but this is what I recall hearing when I went to install mine a few years ago.)

On another note found a really good page on oil an oil lubrication/cooling in general late last night: Motor Oil 101 - Bob is the Oil Guy

This is the only data I have ever seen that talks about lubrication at low oil temps. I had figured that it was important and knew the majority of engine wears occurs right after startup but this goes very in depth and really educates you on how critical proper viscosity and temps are.

Edit: Even if you don't read it, one key takeaway: don't get on it if your oil is cold! Not just your water temp (throwing a bunch of cold water on a hot engine block isnt good in the long run either)