Zed Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 Can anyone reccommend any particular oil cooler and advise whether or not it is actually necessary. Any of you guys ( or gals ) fitted one of these yourself. The one available from Miami rice sounds like a very reasonable price when you look at the mega buck prices of blitz or hks ones. What major difference is there likely to. How is the oil pressure affected? Look forward to hearing your comments:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qaisar Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 I would say go with the Miami Rice ones and yes they are worth it in the long run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 Mocal coolers are hard to beat. But I don't know if they would have an off the shelf sanwich plate that would fit the Supra... The Greddy one is tried and tested...might be more expensive than a Mocal though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 I had a very frightening experience with a brand new Greddy oil cooler, see this thread: http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7550&perpage=15&highlight=greddy&pagenumber=1 If choosing an oil cooler I would go with CW's advise in the above thread Quote by Chris Wilson "Pressurised oil lines should always have proper screwed unions, I dislike circlip and O ring joints." I now have an HKS oil cooler fitted which has threaded unions to connect the oil lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heckler Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 I have the Miami Rice/Mocal oil cooler and filter relocation kit... look the dogs nutz. Gonna fit it tommorw http://www.internetwork.org.uk/oilkit.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Posted March 20, 2004 Author Share Posted March 20, 2004 Thanks for the replies. Bl@@dy hell Nic, that is a scary experience. Was everything sorted out ok in the end. Heckler, you describe the miami one as Miami rice/Mocal, so is it a hybrid. I thought the Mocal ones were at least twice the price. Anyway, I look forward to hearing how your install goes, will you be going for oil temp and pressure gauges as well. It definitely sounds like it will be worthwhile mod with summer just around the corner ( ie. 1 week of hot weather between the rain storms : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soonto_HAS_soop Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Originally posted by Nic I had a very frightening experience with a brand new Greddy oil cooler, see this thread: http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7550&perpage=15&highlight=greddy&pagenumber=1 If choosing an oil cooler I would go with CW's advise in the above thread I now have an HKS oil cooler fitted which has threaded unions to connect the oil lines. Nic, quick question, why (if all your oil drained out) did youy oil warning light and general warning light not come on? Surely the oil fill light should of come on, and the general hazard light in the centre of the rev counter should of lit up? Ben.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Ben, the warning lights didn't come on, it was dark so I would have noticed immediately. The garage said as soon as the pipe blew off, the oil would have pumped out very rapidly and the pressure would be lost instantly. The oil slick on the road was only about 50m and I was travelling at about 60mph so basically everything happened too quickly to know anything about it or to react. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soonto_HAS_soop Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 OK, mate fair do's. Was very lucky that you hit nothing/no one anyway. Ben.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Posted March 20, 2004 Author Share Posted March 20, 2004 so how did the oil cooler install cooler go, heckler? Was it necessarry to remove the bumper or can it be installed by removing the undertray only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon F Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Originally posted by Zed Can anyone reccommend any particular oil cooler and advise whether or not it is actually necessary. Any of you guys ( or gals ) fitted one of these yourself. Are there any of the modded cars on here hitting high oil temperatures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heckler Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Ok Zed, Done it... Heres a few pics. http://www.internetwork.org.uk/oilfill.JPG And this one... http://www.internetwork.org.uk/oilcool.JPG Last one http://www.internetwork.org.uk/oillocat.JPG The main reason my bumper is off, cos i alos installed the FMIC at the same time, so seemed locical to do the oil cooler & filter relocation kit. - I know not all the hoses are conected up yet in the pics... but they are now! I think if you were doing just the oil cooler, the bumper would need to come of - it would make it so much easier. Well, it took me 9 hrs on my own to fit both oil cooler and FMIC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Posted March 21, 2004 Author Share Posted March 21, 2004 Thanks for posting the pics heckler, looks like a fairly straight forward install. I was hoping removing the bumper wouldn't be necessary, fitted my hks 's' type last summer along with a new rad and a/c condenser and not looking forward to removing the bumper again. Any chance of some pics from under the bonnet, in particular where the oil filter was originally. Did you have to modify the oil cooler kit in any way or use any additional parts or was everything spot on. Thanks again!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heckler Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 No mods to the cooler kit at all, no extra parts required - everything you need is in the kit. Pics of the original oil filter location... hmmm... gimme a sec or so, i'll go and take some for ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heckler Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 OK Zed.. As promised... Spot The Oil Filter.... http://www.internetwork.org.uk/spotthefilter.jpg Some others for ya too. Bumper Back On http://www.internetwork.org.uk/oilcool1.jpg And... Nice Condensation In Inticator... http://www.internetwork.org.uk/oilcool2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Posted March 21, 2004 Author Share Posted March 21, 2004 thanks heckler, much appreciated!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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