Setrab Series 6, 16 row oil cooler. $145 Shipped.

Bought from eBay seller. Setrab is made in Sweden and it is best oil cooler out there.

8AN 90 Degree Double Swivel Hose End - Anodize from sweet performance. $16.94 each you need two.

8AN 45 Degree Double Swivel Hose End - Anodize also from sweet performance. $16.94 each you need two.

You have option of using 8AN or 10AN. We chose 8AN, no special reason. But make sure to fit all hose and hose ends to match the size. Make sure to use Anodized hose ends.

8AN Stainless Steel Braided Hose - $6.50 per foot from sweet performance. We used 6ft, but I recommend 8ft. All aftermarket oil cooler kits use, nylon hose. But we opted for stainless steel for protection against rocks and debris.


Mocal Hi Flow Sandwich Plate Thermostat BSP Adaptors, $95 shipped from eBay Seller.


Oil Cooler $145
Anodize Hose Ends (x4) $67.76
Stainless Steel Hose 6ft $39
Mocal Hi-Flo T adapter $95
10AN to 8AN adapter (x2) $20

Total cost before tax $366.76

After acquire, all item above fitting is pretty easy. Almost

1. Remove bumber
2. Fit 90 degree hose ends on Sandwich adapters
3. Run hose up and over intake duct.
4. Secure oil cooler in front of radiator. I ran holes through center steel post and secured with some bolt. But there are brackets out there.
5. fasten 45 degree hose ends to the oil cooler.

we have originally planned to place the oil cooler on the driver side of the vehicle. However 3 ft stainless hose we bought forced us to move the oil cooler over to passenger side. Oil filter is closer to the passenger side of the G37.


Yes we are lucky, one of our friend owns a service center. So we got to use his.


Drain all you oil before any fitting


Remove oil filter and fit the thermostat sandwich adapter


Run the hose over and through intake duct.


Make sure to adjust angle of the oil cooler so the hose nor the ends touch other parts of the car. We fitted our between front sway bar and ignition motor on top. It is tight.








For now at the street, I am not able to test. However December 20, 2009. I will be attending track event at the SpeedVentures. I will post Oil Temperatures through the track event. Wish me luck.

 

Great post! This is highly useful and good luck!

 

How are you mounting it?

Nice DIY, finally someone took a proactive approach in solving the limp mode problem! Looking forward to the result.


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Ok i was at the buttonwillow at jan-3o-2010 and i didnt get limp mod this time.
I know it was not a hot day but when i checked it with my AP max temp was like less than 250.
I will test it again at a really hot day and i will post it again.
thanks..

 

nice work. any idea if there is a low temp thermostat for our car? ive been looking but no luck. i wonder if the g35 nismo works...

 

thermostat that works you cooler.....

To be honest I have no Idea. I now know that you have had no issues with Oil Temperature. But this feed is not about radiator. Radiator gauge or coolant temperature gauge can be read from your dash board. Oil temperature tends to go over the limit when you push your car to the limit. Reaching red line on RPM constantly. Causing limp mode to protect your engine.

Oil and water act different under high temperature. Water or coolant inside your radiator will cool much faster than Oil. Coolant or water will not become acidic when heated. However Oil when heated will become acidic and cause damage to your engine.

The very reason we have oil cooler is not to cool the engine temperature. However to avoid Oil from turning acidic. Limp mode is caused by oil temperature, not by engine coolant temperature.

 

i and joo was at the buttonwillow again on 03-18-10
It was hot as f80-f85 and i was rev up all the way to 8000 rpm but oil temp was under f260 which was not that bad al all.

 

I ended up buying the stillen kit because I wasn't sure if I could source all the parts seperately in the timeframe I needed them. Pretty much the same thing, plus a mounting bracket and some pieces to relocate the power steering cooler.

I didn't really follow the stillen instructions.... for one because they were horrible and I'm pretty sure they just copied them over from the 370z.

I ran the lines along the power steering cooler lines, under the windshield washer fluid resevoir, and through the splash guard. I used the 90's for the cooler itself and the 45's for the thermostat. It turned out to be a really clean installation. I'll post up some pics later.

 

Nice! Looking forward to the pictures on this!

 

Looks great!

Wondering one thing though... where does the oil filter go after you remove it and install the thermostat sandwich adapter? Does it just screw on on top of it?

*Answer* Yes. Duh! lol

 

But then you deal with the 13# by pass and your oil doesn't get filtered. Canton Racing has a Billet replacement without the by pass. 13 gpm and all the oil gets filtered.