slownrusty Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Guys - Spent the weekend working on my ZX...and making some progress. Justin (280ZForce) had emailed me a while back on where I was going to locate my oil cooler, as we have similary intercoolers that take up the entire nose of the car...I came up with this...what your thoughts.. Alternatively I could move the oil cooler to the right fender well infront of the tire but I do not want road debris on the cooler. You guys with big intercoolers where did you mount your oil cooler? Thanks - Yasin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCchris Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Just a thought but isn't the heat removed from the oil going into the intercooler? I planned to mount my oil cooler behind my intercooler for this reason but mine isn't as thick as yours........... BTW, how did you manage to find an oil cooler and a thermostat with the same centerline on the fittings? chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted October 14, 2007 Author Share Posted October 14, 2007 Just a thought but isn't the heat removed from the oil going into the intercooler? I planned to mount my oil cooler behind my intercooler for this reason but mine isn't as thick as yours...........BTW, how did you manage to find an oil cooler and a thermostat with the same centerline on the fittings? chris I purchased all Permacool, so all the fittings and thermostat line up perfectly. Unfortunately I do have room behind my IC to mount a 3" thick oil cooler. Yasin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240hoke Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Keep in mind how you can make air ducting for the front and provide a good seal between the i/c/radiator/engine compartment when building your setup. i personally like having the cooler in the fender well, I thought about doing this setup in my car. Just run some heavy screen in front of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 280ZForce Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 you know Yasin we could always go jdm style racing on this thought... But tidier and better looking than this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 280ZForce Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Or even though we don't have a gnose, maybe something like this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehelix112 Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 I mounted mine right in front. Alive engine > 1 deg cooler air. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 280ZForce Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 i'm in a tougher situation than the both of you though... I have a same side intercooler w/ top and bottom end tanks, so the surface space of the actual air flowing surface is much less. And putting a big oil cooler in front of it would only restrict that access to the ic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveosupremeo Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 dude, i think your car would scare the crap out of people running around with the hood off like that, looks mean as ♥♥♥♥! and all the colors! haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 280ZForce Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 dude, i think your car would scare the crap out of people running around with the hood off like that, looks mean as ????! and all the colors! haha once i fire it up and just idling will prolly scare people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveosupremeo Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 haha, yeah no kidding. if i dropped that kinda money on mine right now my wife would probably drop my ass, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted October 15, 2007 Author Share Posted October 15, 2007 Justin - Yup you are right...not much room to work with....I like Helix's solution too....mounting the oil cooler outside of the car is not overly appealing but definitely classik ole skool JDM look! Yasin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravRMK Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 i'm in a tougher situation than the both of you though... I have a same side intercooler w/ top and bottom end tanks, so the surface space of the actual air flowing surface is much less. And putting a big oil cooler in front of it would only restrict that access to the ic. Why not mount it below the bumper on the left side, just in front of that HUGE air cleaner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 I'd shoot for a more efficient oil cooler like on Helix's setup. That tubing and perforated fin cooler is terribly space inefficient, as well as not haveing great heat transfer properties. A good folded fin Harrison Style Oil Cooler will reject much more heat with a MUCH smaller footprint, making alternative positions (like down low in the front spoiler...) much more plausible. That thing looks like a tranny cooler for my F350 Turbodiesel! The JDM solution is a 1st Gen Mazda RX7 Cooler, and they work wonderfully! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wigenOut-S30 Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 what about the stock 280ZX turbo oil coolers? I have one but have not installed it yet. It looks pretty thick and like it should work pretty well. I am keeping a close eye on this thred as I would like to install either it or another one pretty soon.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 IMO, for the effort of routing the thing, I'd put in a Harrison or Serk cooler. I don't know the heat rejection capabilities of the OEM Turbo Cooler, but since it uses funky SAE 45 degree fittings, and not 'standard' 37 JIC stuff, I'd simply switch to something more efficient. If you (should I reveal this?) search on "NACSAR OIL COOLER" in E-Bay you will find a BUTTLOAD of high capacity coolers that will work FAR better than most smaller crap that is commercially available, and can be had at a reasonable price, albiet being used. The NASCAR cast-off stuff is really high quality, and I have bought coolers like that for oil, tranny, and differential coolers. Come to think of it, I just successfully imported the Euro R200 Differential cover with all the pickup tubing and screens for the differential coolers, so I got to photograph it and get the information out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapiper Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Mine is 16 row Earls like helix's only mounted behind I/C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayolives Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 Wow that is SCARRY MEAN looking Mayolives...wow...hide the children! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapiper Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Now that's the way you do it Mayolives, trash the whole rad support. More pix please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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