much cooler oil

just installed a new cooler and thermostat and remote location kit, no more 1 hour filter changes !!

Nice job

very very tight on room, went for a larger cooler due to single conversion looming ! it was a major ball ache, but its all fun

What size is the cooler and did you source all the parts yourself or buy a complete kit?

I been running a single for a while now and not installed a cooler yet, mind you I am also running the standard SMIC as well

its 235mm x 25 row big daddy ! if i were you i should really get one sorted, the oil gets a hard time in the soop, the factory water to oil cooler is piss poor, and seeing a you are single there will be even more heat for the oil to contend with, i bought it as a complete kit

How much and where did you get it from?

from jps cant remember the exact price £300 ish maybe

Just done one on mine and agree, what a PIA!!

Nice setup, what hoses are those?

Aeroquip push on. Absolute pig to get on but no leaks at all

nice 1 ,i would get that rad meshed tho or it could be bye bye oil

I can't understand why people don't just use a thermostatic sandwich plate and leave the filter where it is. There's little enough room for the cooler, let alone finding a home for a remote filter head, as well. A lot of the off the shelf kits use 5/8 bore hose, which, IMO, is too restrictive for a 3 litre turbo engine with it's serious oil pump flow. I would always suggest you use 3/4 hose and fittings (-12) with a cooler with the appropriate size unions to match. I even had one Supra in with 1/2 lines and fittings, with a big end knock, needless to say

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Nice thing about Skylines is there's loads of room for stuff like that!

How much of a problem IS the oil filter on the 2JZ-GTE? People always complain about the difficult access to the oil filter on the 1JZ, but it's easy if you use one of those big square-drive sockets which fits over the end of the filter.

How much of a problem IS the oil filter on the 2JZ-GTE? People always complain about the difficult access to the oil filter on the 1JZ, but it's easy if you use one of those big square-drive sockets which fits over the end of the filter.

No problem at all from underneath, and only a minor hassle from above, with the PAS fluid resrevoir moved to one side.

I'm not 100% sure that you need an oil cooler. I can't think of anyone who has actually measured oil temps and found them to be a problem. Remember having oil that is too cool can be a problem too.

I'm going to measure mine when it's all together, and then if it's a problem (over 130degs for example) I'll look at fitting an oil cooler.

The thing is without knowing heat rejection figures calculating the right size of oil cooler is tricky so you end up just using trial and error.

On the rollers i use they put a oil temp probe in the dipstick.. it never went over 90 once on the screen but my greddy gauge was reading 105.. i have a oil cooler in the garage, not sure its worth fitting myself now.

My TT, on track days, running 1.2 bar de catted, with aftermarket cat back exhaust, water injection and FCD, but otherwise bone stock, ran very high engine oil temps, on track, in hot weather. 130 was as far as I let it get without a rest, but that was a good 15 minutes around a proper race track, as hard as i could pedal the thing. They could really do with a decent size cooler for track days, but on the road the stock set up is good enough in the UK, IMO, unless you have serious engine mods. After all, how long are you on full throttle though all the gears on the road? Not 15 minutes, that's for sure.

in the past I have worked on some large machinery and oil science is really complicated. The weight and specification of oil is closely matched to the engine spec with tolerances built in. It is true that when we change the state of tune temps change too. As long as the thermostat controlling the work load of the cooler is matched carefully then the cooler should only work when needed and not continually once engine normal temp is reached. Oil kept too cool is detrimental to it's performance and efficiency of the engine.

bungy : I agree totally, a `stat in the cooler line will sort any overcooling issues, and together with a BIG oil cooler will sort any undercooling issues.

Chris, any idea who makes a sandwich plate (with a thermostat) with 3/4 fittings? The biggest I can find are 5/8.

How much of a problem IS the oil filter on the 2JZ-GTE? People always complain about the difficult access to the oil filter on the 1JZ, but it's easy if you use one of those big square-drive sockets which fits over the end of the filter.

Piece of piss, if i can do it in about 10 mins, anyone can lol!

I think you can get them from Pace Automotive to order. I may be able to get you one if you get stuck, we have an account with them.

bungy : I agree totally, a `stat in the cooler line will sort any overcooling issues, and together with a BIG oil cooler will sort any undercooling issues.

i have one in my set-up

Thanks Chris, I'll get in touch with them as they're only 40 mins from me.

I wonder if their parts are 3/4 all the way through, or if they just fit 3/4 pipe unions on a 'standard' casting. If this is the case the system would still be restricted through the body of the take-off plate.

I imagine this would negate the benefit of 3/4 bore pipes etc?

No joy at Pace. They talked about making specials (sounds like £££s). I'll have a ride down there to talk to them I think.