Oil Cooler

[Riced_Civic]

Hi, peeps
I was just wonderin if its beneficial to have a oil cooler if you dont have a turbo.
im goin turbo at the end of the yr but i was just wonderin if its beneficial to get now or later

[Limbo]

it won't hurt getting one now, but you might end up changing to a larger one later

Generally you run a small one on a NA unless your tracking the car, but on turbos you get a bigger one as most turbos are oil cooled also, thus greater heat.

In NA cars having a big oil cooler usually does not allow your car to get up to operating temp. unless you get a thermostat in the oil cooler.

Whichever way you go, don't go cheap, get braided lines otherwise you could end up with broken oil lines, which can screw up you motor hard

[PaZzMaN-R]

its not beneficial for normal city driving, if you track or like to do spirited driving then yes. in your case you going to be getting a turbo i would say get one. without knowing your setup its hard to say what size to go for.

[creativepunka]

waste of money imo. unless you go huge hp circuit racing you dont need one.

[DLO01]

Hi, peeps
I was just wonderin if its beneficial to have a oil cooler if you dont have a turbo.
im goin turbo at the end of the yr but i was just wonderin if its beneficial to get now or later

Whats your application?
Street, track?
Stock motor?
Whats your setup?

No need for a cooler if your NA and street, you 'may' need one if your a serious track goer.

If your turbo, a cooler is a good to have.

Do a search, theres quite a few things that have already been discussed:

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66630&highlight=oil+cooler

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65645&highlight=oil+cooler

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56707&highlight=oil+cooler

[Riced_Civic]

well, i do go to track days and i do alot of driving up in the mountains,
but when i get my turbo kit it will be just a small application like 160 to 180 hp on a semi done motor.

[DLO01]

If your gonna turbo it and will be doing some track work then it won't hurt to get a cooler now or when you turbo your car. :thumbsup:

[Riced_Civic]

sweet thanx for the info

[simonnowis]

if going turbo, and you think your goner thrash your engine abit, yeh id recommend it. the oils get extremely hot even a stock n/a driving at around 110km on the freeway.