I am looking to go get my car Uprev tuned and was wondering if it is necessary to have an oil cooler installed? I am just a bolt on car and need to know if I should spend the extra money on this mod?

 

it's not necessary for an uprev tune.

now that being said, is it mandatory to have? no. is it a good idea to have one? yes.

 

What rad_slinger said. Not necessary but, the car should have been equipped with one from the factory.

 

Anyone with an Uprev tune speak on this issue as well? Just want to know if I would be 100% ok to get the tune without it.

 

I have had a tune twice. No cooler. I think most that have had a tune don't have coolers.

NA = recommended
FI = mandatory

 

Not that I don't trust you, but is there anyone out there that has some input on this?

 

IPL_370GT is on the money. If you have F.I. your going to need an oil cooler and trans cooler.

 

I don't and will not have forced induction. I have been told that it is best to have when even when dynoing these cars because the oil temps get too high. Now i don't plan on tracking the car and it is a daily driver, but I dont want to have to spend another 500 on top of the tune cost for an oil cooler if i dont need one.

 

If you are going to run your car hard and take it to the track it is smart to get the oil coolers. Other than that, if regular driving with only a few spirited highway runs you should be fine.

 

unless you have driven you car hard enough that your temps go way up, you will not need an oil cooler. For just simple bolt ons that you have no need for an oil cooler. as far as tune goes, make sure they have enough fans blowing while you're getting dynoed then an oil cooler is not needed. most shops with dynos will have plenty of fans for this purpose. most people with a tune that are not running FI are not using a oil cooler, unless they are tracking the car. i have a full exhaust, hfc, cai and an uprev tune with no overheating issues at all with no added oil cooler. bottom line for just bolt ons and daily driver, an oil cooler is not needed, but its nice to have just in case.

 

thanks godzilla. that is kinda what i was looking for.

 

won't make any difference. Oil cooler comes with sandwich adapter. Which only opens and circulates the oil through cooler when the oil temperature exceeds 300 degrees. In normal driving, oil temperature will never exceed 250 degrees.

 

Only if you track or autocross the car, but that would of or should of been the first. If its just a fun dd doing GT duties then no worries.

 

What if the oil cooler doesn't come with the sandwich plate(mishimoto)?

 

Well if the oil temp. ever gets to 300 or so for that sandwich thermostat to route the oil to the cooler, then it's too late. Even the synthetic oil will start loosing some of it's capabilities at that temperature. From what I've been told they set the temperature to around 190 to 200 degrees before it's routed to the cooler. You're trying to maintain the oil temp in the 220-250 range under hard driving conditions and around coolant temp in normal daily driving. Now I've tracked the car for around 4 events and added the cooler after the second event. I've found that the engine just plain runs cooler and that I also don't get an overheated tranny at the track. Now on the street the tranny will not overheat but I've also noticed that when I get home and pop the hood, the entire engine area is definitely cooler than it was when new, broken in, or after a track session. The cooler is definitely doing it's job in helping to cool the oil which is the primary source of cooling for the heads of this engine. Running any engine with a cooler temp. does more to keep the wear and tear down, especially in stop and go traffic on a real hot day with the A/C on. That makes it worth adding even for a street car.... period.

Al