94-95 GSR came with factory oil cooler, but I stalled a aftermarket oil cooler stuff, so

Better...(or ok)

...to keep the factor oil cooler coolant lines connect.
or
...to remove and plug the factory coolant lines for the factory oil cooler.
or
...does not matter eitherway

 

I would remove it completely if you are going with an after market cooler.

 

remove it and sell it to me.

 

If i remove the cooler I will need to buy another sandwich plate to make up for this missing cooler. Otherwise the pressure sender and oil feed (turbo) line will hit the block or something

 

Stock and after market work in a completely different way. The stock one circulates coolant around inside the sandwich plate. Aftermarket coolers send oil into a separate oil radiator.

 

Ive got a box full of them.

 

it is actually a oil heater fyi..

 

Can you run both or do you run into subframe clearance issues with the filter?

 

I can run both, I was more wondering what everyone has done or is doing since nothing seems to be said about this.

 

Unless it is a dedicated track car I don't see why it wouldn't be a good idea to run both. If it see's some daily driving it could help wear by heating the oil up on cold starts before driving. Then it would still have cooling effect when racing as it would only be 180 degrees or so.

 

Most people remove them as has been said. Youll need a new block fitting for the oil filter from any B engine not equipped with the oil cooler. I dont have the part number but they are only $5-ish.

Youll also need the water pipe from a B-series non-oil cooler engine as well as a M16x1.5 plug which I got from Fastenal but can likely be sourced elsewhere.

Youll also need two thin nuts to sandwich together in order to tighten the new oil filter fitting into the block. I believe they are M22 but I do not recall.

I have thought about making kits to do this but never got around to it and wasnt sure how much interest there would be.

Its 10 times easier to do with the intake manifold off but if you want to try and do it from underneath, it is possible.

 

So i would like to bump this thread and ask if it is ok to run a sandwich plate on top of the stock B18C5 cooler before the filter. While this thread seems to say its ok Other threads say that this puts a lot of extra weight on the block and the vibration will break shi8. If its alright I'd like the coolant circulating to warm the oil as I live in a cold climate so I'd like to keep both but I dont want to ruin my block.

Thanks for the input.

 

Are you using the sandwich plate for gauges? I would say it is OK. I only track my car and use a sandwich plate and an aftermarket cooler (it only an LS) and have had no problems all season.

 

I wouldn't forsee any issues. The factory piece is really a heat exchanger, not an oil cooler.