Oil cooler for l28 for turbo

[Comrade_Charlie]

Ive been thinking of using an auto trans cooler off of a 2000 or something ford truck I found at the junkyard, its is a pretty beefy looking cooler, my cousin said it should flow enough for oil. But how would tap into the oil? I was thinking that you could cut into the turbo oil feed line and let it flow into the cooler then route it back into the line where you cut it... I can get the cooler for cheap, I don't want to cut my oil line up either so just seeing if other people have done this, or im posting this to see if this is a bad idea... btw my motor a 78 if that matters, maybe there is a way to tap into the engine somehow im not experienced with the l28 as much as I am with the vg

 

Thanks

[slownrusty]

I am sorry but that is one of the worst ways to "tap" into an oil passage (I was going to say "ridiculous"). The oil feed line to the turbo is typically a -3 or -4 size the typical oil line on a L28 is -8 or -10 size.

 

If you want to cool your oil do it properly and take it where there is flow (i.e pressure) AND volume, so take it at the filter and buy an adapter from Permacool like so:

 

Yasin

[Comrade_Charlie]

Ok thanks! I didnt think it was a great idea either, because I would have to cut, and I thought the line was kinda small compared to the coolers lines which are pretty beefy.

[JSM]

I've got a whole 280zxt Oil cooler set up for $100 if you want it.

[slownrusty]

Glad to help out!

Yasin