Oil Cooler Install
03-25-2006, 10:39 PM
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Oil Cooler Install
Spent the day installing my oil cooler. I'm very happy with how it came out. Having the Setrab brackets make it pretty simple. The cooler is a 19 row Earls unit, but the Setrab brackets fit it fine.
I decided to mount the cooler right to the bumper beam. Its a few inches offcenter to allow airflow to the power steering cooler.
I started by marking, drilling and tapping holes in the beam to attach the bracket to. The bracket is actually upside down in the first couple pictures just to make it easier to see everything.
Using some 6mm bolts, attached the braket to the beam
Now with the beam installed on the car.
A view of the lines from above
A view of the billet Earls sandwich.
A view of mini-me, my matching Earls PS Cooler that I had laying around from another project. This was pretty easy to mount. I just used a piece of angle aluminum for the bracket and it mounts to the stock nut inserts for the original PS cooler brackets.
All buttoned up. I noticed quite a few bugs and pebbles hit the condensor, so I installed a wire screen to keep things clean.
Next up will be an oil temp gauge once I decided where I want to mount the sender.
I decided to mount the cooler right to the bumper beam. Its a few inches offcenter to allow airflow to the power steering cooler.
I started by marking, drilling and tapping holes in the beam to attach the bracket to. The bracket is actually upside down in the first couple pictures just to make it easier to see everything.
Using some 6mm bolts, attached the braket to the beam
Now with the beam installed on the car.
A view of the lines from above
A view of the billet Earls sandwich.
A view of mini-me, my matching Earls PS Cooler that I had laying around from another project. This was pretty easy to mount. I just used a piece of angle aluminum for the bracket and it mounts to the stock nut inserts for the original PS cooler brackets.
All buttoned up. I noticed quite a few bugs and pebbles hit the condensor, so I installed a wire screen to keep things clean.
Next up will be an oil temp gauge once I decided where I want to mount the sender.
Last edited by 350Zteve; 03-27-2006 at 08:49 AM.
03-26-2006, 06:24 AM
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Great job. Don't think he has to worry about a thermostat in So. Cal!
I like how you mounted the radiator with the hoses up (get all the air out), but I don't like how you are blocking the radiator. Could you mount it on either side of the radiator?
I like how you mounted the radiator with the hoses up (get all the air out), but I don't like how you are blocking the radiator. Could you mount it on either side of the radiator?
03-26-2006, 08:40 AM
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Yeah, no need for a thermostat in So. Cal. I've owned other cars with a setup like this and the temp always sits at 180° during normal driving in the winter. Plus they are one more restriction in the oil flow which I don't want.
I don't think the air flow will be much of a problem. These coolers are very free flowing. Plus, I have the Koyo 53mm radiator, which is MUCH larger than stock. Look at the Koyo side by side with the stocker.
I don't think the air flow will be much of a problem. These coolers are very free flowing. Plus, I have the Koyo 53mm radiator, which is MUCH larger than stock. Look at the Koyo side by side with the stocker.
Originally Posted by MoodDude
Great job. Don't think he has to worry about a thermostat in So. Cal!
I like how you mounted the radiator with the hoses up (get all the air out), but I don't like how you are blocking the radiator. Could you mount it on either side of the radiator?
I like how you mounted the radiator with the hoses up (get all the air out), but I don't like how you are blocking the radiator. Could you mount it on either side of the radiator?
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03-27-2006, 05:53 AM
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I added a Oil temp gauge before my oil cooler - temperatures dropped and I never have gotten it over 90 C - even when I push her really hard. My oil cooler is identical size to 350Zteve, don't think he needs one now.
Yes, Koyo makes a huge different, I install mine next week!
Yes, Koyo makes a huge different, I install mine next week!
03-27-2006, 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by EnthuZ
Very clean install!
Too bad you didn't measure oil temps prior to adding the cooler. May I suggest you add a bung to the oil pan, and measure the oil temp there. I did last year. I'll look for a pic......OK, found 2:
Too bad you didn't measure oil temps prior to adding the cooler. May I suggest you add a bung to the oil pan, and measure the oil temp there. I did last year. I'll look for a pic......OK, found 2:
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03-27-2006, 09:28 AM
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03-30-2006, 12:09 AM
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I have a brand new Setrab cooler I never insalled on my last car. After seeing these pictures I might put it on the Z. Are you able to drain the oil from the cooler at oil changes?
03-30-2006, 07:33 AM
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I have a brand new Setrab cooler I never insalled on my last car. After seeing these pictures I might put it on the Z. Are you able to drain the oil from the cooler at oil changes?
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03-30-2006, 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by 350Zteve
No, there is no eazy way to drain the cooler during oil changes.
Also, I installed the oil cooler and put a T on one of lines and installed my oil temp gauge to this.
03-30-2006, 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by knight_white99
Very nice install. Is there room for an intercooler in there too if you're F/I? Looks like it's getting pretty crowded behind that bumper facia.
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03-31-2006, 04:21 AM
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Originally Posted by knight_white99
Very nice install. Is there room for an intercooler in there too if you're F/I? Looks like it's getting pretty crowded behind that bumper facia.
03-31-2006, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by THE TECH
350Zteve: Do you have a parts list by chance for the oil cooler parts?
The cooler is their 19row cooler, but I dont know the part number.
The mounting bracket is by Setrab, but fits the Earls cooler with a little bit of grinding on the bracket washers.
Lines and fittings are all Aeroquip from Summit racing. I used 3 90° -10 socketless and 1 120° -10 socketless fittings.
You need 2 3/8NPT to -10male adapters on the sandwich.
You need 2 -10male oring to -10 male AN on the cooler.
I used about 8-9ft of Aeroquip -10 socketless hose.
Earls makes socketless fittings and hose too. Where in socal are you? I bought the cooler, brackets and sandwich from Earls in Hawthorne on Hawthorne Blvd at the 405.
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04-18-2006, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Chebosto
how did i miss this thread?!
thing o beauty!!!
great job Zteve!! However, Chuck Norris would just give high oil temps a roundhouse to the head and it would go back down..
thing o beauty!!!
great job Zteve!! However, Chuck Norris would just give high oil temps a roundhouse to the head and it would go back down..
