Going to be road racing and I figured I'd benefit a lot with an oil cooler. I've done a search and couldn't find anything that was nice at all. Who makes oil cooler kits? The ones I found were mom and pop shop quality. Any help would be great.

 

what motor?

 

Earls makes alot of stuff

 

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IMHO, wait until you know for sure that your oil temps are too high. Start out with a quality gauge and do a few events under various conditions. Adding extra plumbing to your oil system is just going to add extra failure points, which is a fine trade-off if you need it but not if you don't.

If you find you really need the cooler, don't mess with any of the kits out there. It's worth the extra money for quality fittings (earls, aeroquip, etc), braided lines, and a quality cooler. As far as I know, there's no kit that gives you this kind of quality unless you pay through the roof.

 

I see your in New Mexico which probably means you race at altitude. I would say an oil cooler is a must in high altitude. I don't think you will find a kit for your car. Your better off buying the parts separately and doing it your self. Brands I like are:

Cooler: Setrab, Mocal, Earls.
Sandwich and/or remote filter mount: Permacool.
Lines. Earls, Aeroquip.

This place has what you need. http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/

 

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IMHO, wait until you know for sure that your oil temps are too high. Start out with a quality gauge and do a few events under various conditions. Adding extra plumbing to your oil system is just going to add extra failure points, which is a fine trade-off if you need it but not if you don't.

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Good advice

 

1st gen B16s have a type of cooler on the motor already. But if you want a good one, Summit Racing has a warehouse near you. http://www.summitracing.com they've got EVERYTHING.

 

If your talking about the one on the back of the block that connects to the oil filter, and the coolant line running right above it..

The helms actually calls that out as a oil warmer...
Not sure if it helps out to cool the oil during hard use..

Any one know usualy temps of Oil, Radiator fluid?

 

Oil and "Water" temp?

 

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B16a... 1'st gen

 

Just put together your own oil cooler kit. All you need is:
-Earls Oil Cooler
-however much braided stanless steel lines you need in whatever size
-4 AN fittings in whatever size
-Earls sandwich plate

 

might as well get a remote oil filter kit whille your at it...

throw in a couple more an fittings and a bit more hose...