R34 Gtr Oil Cooler Placement

[GTRNUR]

Hi everyone,

Ive been investigating where to put an oil cooler on my R34 GTR and it seems there arent a lot of options. Ive investigated the Nismo kit (nengun) (http://www.nengun.com/nismo/oil-cooler-kit). Not ont is it bloody expensive, it also requires a Nismo bumper. Ive yet to get the price on that but based on the fact the 400R bars for the R33 are about $4500 delivered I think I'll pass because all up thats close on $7k just to get a well designed oil cooler arrangement!

I want to keep the car either all genuine R34 GTR parts or Nismo where possible. IE: No non sub-standard quality parts. It seems the other kits (greddy/hks/etc) all seem to put the oil cooler in front of the radiator and behind the aircon evaporator. Not exactly ideal placement.

The only other place ive found that seems like a good place is behind the gril in front of the aircon evaporator where the horns are. I think it was the 400R N1's that ran an oil cooler in there, or it might have been the Mines R33... I cant remember I figure I can move the horns further apart and then put a 15"x3"x3" oil cooler in there. There will be room to run -10 oil lines out of there pretty easly too.

So does anyone elase have any suggestions, pictures appreciated.

Cheers,

Ian

[N1GTR]

Why not just get a Trust or HKS kit for the passenger side like almost everybody else uses?

Thermostat avail, direct fitment, quality gear, decent price.

If you want to stay Nissan/NISMO you'll be spending big dollars

[GTRNUR]

I thought both the hks and trust kits put the cooler in front of the radiator? So there is a Trust kit that puts the cooler in the front bar passenger side?

Do they come with a decent mount for the cooler or is it something you have to fabricate yourself? The only kits ive seen were the cooler, hoses and filter adapter.

[XRATED]

You do realise that you can make new lines to the cooler core???

If your worried about placement, purchase a brand name kit, then make new lines and a bracket to suit your preffered placement. Or purchase a pwr radiator with an internal oil cooler and make lines to suit from a sandwich plate.

[GTRNUR]

The problem is placement of the cooler, not running lines to it. If the cooler were put inside the front bar, passenger side, it will only get airflow from the small gril covered hole that is in the front bar.

The Nismo setup has a duct next to the indicator that ducts air to it, and the cooler itself is shrouded in so the air has to go through the core instead of being able to flow around it uselessly.

I do like the idea of the heat exchanger in the radiator core, but have already got a PWR radiator in the car. I should have had PWR but an oil cooler in it when they made the core but neglected to do that.

Now that I think about it a bit more, I think it was ARC that made an oil cooler that goes in the horn gril area. I still cant find any good pictures of it though.

[choyda]

ARC cooler here:

http://www.arcinter.co.jp/english/arc/prod...gine/index.html

http://www.rhdjapan.com/arc-oil-cooler-kit-gt-r-evo-23930

I definately want one

[_Ryan_]

ARE too http://www.are.com.au/products/oilcoolers.htm

[mxfly]

I have the Trust kit, goes on the passenger side behind the bumper. I have also cut out a section of the plastic inner splash guards and made up a mesh so that air flows smoothly through the cooler core.