oil starvation problem?

martin82 · 03-15-2014, 06:22 PM

I got roughly total of 45 track days combined with tune attacks and hpde last two years w 35k miles. Ran stock radiator and 34 row setrab for that long. 34 row oil cooler and stock rad aren't to the task for cooling. Now finishing my SC build went all out on cooling. 1 34 row on passenger side and 1 25 row plus spal fan on drivers side (might upgrade later to a 34 if needed) then got the gtm oil baffled pan, 70mm radiator and high output spal fans (beast). I'm at over 10 quarts of oil

cv129 · 03-16-2014, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by martin82

I got roughly total of 45 track days combined with tune attacks and hpde last two years w 35k miles. Ran stock radiator and 34 row setrab for that long. 34 row oil cooler and stock rad aren't to the task for cooling. Now finishing my SC build went all out on cooling. 1 34 row on passenger side and 1 25 row plus spal fan on drivers side (might upgrade later to a 34 if needed) then got the gtm oil baffled pan, 70mm radiator and high output spal fans (beast). I'm at over 10 quarts of oil

Curious: with the longer oil travel (additional oil cooler and lines), do you need a stronger oil pump to compensate for potential loss of oil pressure, or stock pump is up to the task? I won't ever need this, just want to know if this is a concern at all.

wstar · 03-16-2014, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by cv129

Curious: with the longer oil travel (additional oil cooler and lines), do you need a stronger oil pump to compensate for potential loss of oil pressure, or stock pump is up to the task? I won't ever need this, just want to know if this is a concern at all.

My gut feeling (and I have no idea the relative restriction change from either one) was to switch to a larger oil filter to reduce some restriction to offset the cooler a bit (e.g. K&N HP-1010).

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martin82 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: los angeles Posts: 2,636 Drives: 12 Nissan 370Z MB M6 Rep Power: 20	oil starvation problem? I got roughly total of 45 track days combined with tune attacks and hpde last two years w 35k miles. Ran stock radiator and 34 row setrab for that long. 34 row oil cooler and stock rad aren't to the task for cooling. Now finishing my SC build went all out on cooling. 1 34 row on passenger side and 1 25 row plus spal fan on drivers side (might upgrade later to a 34 if needed) then got the gtm oil baffled pan, 70mm radiator and high output spal fans (beast). I'm at over 10 quarts of oil

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