Are they any pros and cons to this item? Anyone done this mod yet? Thought about doing it? Would we benifit from this, or just be a waste of time and money well spent on something else? My friend added on to his turboed Type-R becuz he said the oil temp was too hot or something he didn't want to chance it ruining his turbo. Any thoughts would be appreciated guys.

IT is a great Idea. the only con to it is worring about oil pressure. IF you use an accumulator, you shouldn't have a problem. I am using a greddy 13 row.

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What's an accumulator?

I have a perma-cool oil cooler on my turbo 420a. The most difficult one was finding a place to mount it cause I got one a bit too big.... :(





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an accumulator is kinda like a capacitor for yoru oil system. it holds in a certain amount of pressure, and when the oil system drops in pressure, it releases oil to build back up pressure. Moroso makes them.

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would I need one with my oil cooler?


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Hmm what brand of oil coolers are there and how easy is it to install? I've seen a heatsink type thing you can put on you oil filter also, don't know where I could buy one though.

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Hey Wyatt if I join in on the group by, how much lower will the prices be? I really want stage 1, but it will be another month until I will have the money.

all oil coolers are going to be custom jobs. There are a few companies that make sandwich adapters to use an oil cooler with (like Flex-a-lite, b&M, and others). the heatsink cooler deal is made by Mopar Performance and can be bought from just about any good Daimler Chrysler dealer that carries Mopar.

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which is better/ heatsink or air-air cooler?

i have a perma-cooler..and I question the effeciency of these air-to-air....

www.permacool.com


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the oil is probably about 230 or so degrees F at most in a turbo car in the pan (I had an oil temp gauge on my car while it was N/A, and oil never got above 210). you water temp is at a bare MINIMUM 195 degrees. It will usu. be around 205 or so. that would put your oil at about 205 degrees AT BEST. I don't think that it is worth it. Air is about 70 degrees on a nice day. of course your oil will never see 70 degrees becuase of poor heat transfer, but it will be a good bit lower than 205. probably closer to 170 or so (est.) I consider that worth the money. Just my opinion.

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