Anyone tried any of these kits listed below? They seem like much less expensive alternatives to the $400+ oil coolers! http://www.thepartsbin.com/sitemap/subaru~engine_oil_cooler~parts.html http://www.racingworks.com/bm_oil_cooler.htm Also is there any way to fit the 5 speed with a tranny cooler? Seems like it would just be a good idea. I have definitely noticed that after a bit of spirited driving (aka 45 minutes of mountain swtchbacks) that it does not shift like it does when I first start.
i would ditch the rubber hosing for some steal braided hosing with fittings. a friend had a kit like this that was leaking after a week. he changed out the lines and now all is fine. he had the b&m one.
Don't get the steel braided hoses, use the aeroquip hoses. They are easier to install and do not leak at all. I use them and have no isses with them. If you ave a hemi, get the SS ones. http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/aero5.htm I used this kit from subydude and then tossed the rubber hoses for the ones above. http://www.subydude.com/osc/product_info.php/products_id/151?osCsid=4a5c066f722ecf706442ea0b3c75ca87
nice looking hoses, look like they have quick connects on them as well. That is kinda handy. Did you notice much of a reduction in oil temperature with it?
I just wanted to mention that an oil cooler can actually be detrimental if it's not needed. Our cars are carefully engineered to operate at a certain temperature and if someone were to haphazzardly slap fluid coolers on the different components of a car it could cause a lower than desired operating temperature which can be just as bad as a higher than desired operating temp. That said, for all of you who know what you're doing this doesn't apply at all. I just wanted to put it out there.
I have never experienced detrimental effect of an oil cooler. I hae had them on several high performance vehicles and never noticed anything other than cooler oil temperatures and cooler running engines. You do want this to be regulated, as is mentioned in the above post, but at the same time, if you drive the car like it is designed to be driven (not how the dealerships want you to drive) it can really help things! I guess you could make the same arguement for CAI's, upgraded better IC's and higher efficiency radiators too, but I think it would be a thin arguement from a performance standpoint. Heat is not a desireable thing. Slap on a TBE and a programer and you are going outside factory parameters and thus increasing total heat. This just takes things back down. More HP=More heat
Good point. I guess I could have said it's not the best idea to put an oil cooler on a mostly stock ride.
regulated cooling is the important part. If you run tracks, even with a stock car, any additional cooling will still help when it's hot.
You mainly want the oil to stay above 180 (in the engine) this fights the acid build up that is inherent with the internal combustion engine.
Funny, that is exactly where the B&M kit keeps the oil temp...below 180 it diverts 90% back to the engine, above 180 it directs it to the cooler.
The exact temp that the oil should stay at is in the low 170s but 180 is generally considered a good temp leaving yourself plenty of room for variances in the thermostat. But I agree that cooler oil is a good thing. I have thought about putting one in for the trans. It would require a transfer pump to move the fluid and may require some holes to be drilled and tapped in the trans case. I thought it might be possible to do something using the drain plug and maybe the fill tube or something like that but I haven't spent a whole lot of time looking at it.
I was wondering. It would seem to be benifitial to a manual just as much as a automatic. I know the STi has em. Where would one go about finding a transfer pump? I imagine you could just tap 2 holes in the tranny pan? I have not even looked at the manual. I am assuming it has some form of pan like the autos? or is it just the casing itself? is there some kind of filter for auto trans fluid?
That's why you install an oilstat. My car runs great at any temp. Alex, I do not know the cfm, I got it used from Damon, Mustangkilla. I do not, I picked it up, used, from Damon before he moved away.
I knew it! Just kidding. I didn't even know there were devices like that. I guess what I read about oil coolers was a little out of date.