Bluesteel

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Remember this poll is for the entire kit not just the block!

Poll Question "would you pay about $400 for an entire oil cooling kit?

The story:
Some time ago I built a custom one off ls1 oil cooler after finding out that out oil temps reach 300 Deg and more.

So I went to a good friend...who makes "catch cans" and had him machine me a ls1 oil cooler block. I then bought/mfgd stainless braided lines and fittings then mounted the cooler in front of my radiator. The block locates in the spot right above the filter where the factory block off plate is located. The block is made out of machined billet aluminum and has provisions for an oil sending unit temp or pressure.

My temp in oil dropped almost 80-90 dgs on avg. On avg now the oil runs abou the same temp as the H2O. In the summer in will run a little hotter.

Now if you make some pulls it will get hotter but the cool off rate is almost 3 times as fast as without the cooler.

My oil temp reached 301 dgs F when I made 3 pulls "on" a mustang and I had to pull over....before cooler. This is what sparked the idea.

With this block and cooler no oil filter relocation is necessary. The lines run along side the bock, to the cooler and back. Most kits relocated the filter and if you dont then the filter hangs below the frame. Not this...it is just like the truck coolers.

Someone told me I should make these as a kit (Block, Lines, Fittings, Cooler) and sell them at a good price b/c most cooler kits are $500 plus. I in theory could sell these at around $400 for everything and not have much markup.

These would be great for drag and road racing and will work on "any ls1/ls6/ls2 cars and trucks"


Thanks for reading guys.
-Blake-

PS. Any ideas and coments are welcome

NataSS Inc

iTrader: (9)

400 bones for it??? NO, I can get an almost identical one made by LG for less than half that.

Lithium

iTrader: (47)

Thats way to much, you can get one a lot cheaper.

Bluesteel

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you can get the block, cooler, lines (real braided stainless, and Areo Fittings) for less than $400? I looked on the site but cant find the "kit?"

Thanks for the responses guys.

Remember I said kit not block only?

Bluesteel

iTrader: (7)

Found it their kits says $429.00 so how was that cheaper?

Just curious, not looking to start any wars

Thanks
-BW-

NataSS Inc

iTrader: (9)

Maybe they moved the price up. I was in on the first batch of the "super cool" radiators they made that had a built in oil cooler a year ago. Maybe they cut the first group some slack on the adapters since the radiator was such a big chunk of change.

Bluesteel

iTrader: (7)

When you got in on that deal what came with it?

...And so if you were starting from scratch do you think a kit would be worth it?.. with a stand alone cooler not a radiator type.

Lithium

iTrader: (47)

I could of swore I saw a lower price on there kit a while ago. My bad

NataSS Inc

iTrader: (9)

came with the plate, some special fittings for the leightweight race hose, hose itself and a couple other things.

I really dont have a choice on weather or not I need an oil cooler. It pretty much a requirement in ORR if you want your motor to survive.

When it comes to coolers I am pretty picky. I dont care for the standard radiator types. Fluidyne makes a fluid cooler with a built in fan on it. This allows you to mount the cooler somewhere other than in the path of direct air flow. VERY nice unit. Spendy though. I run those coolers for both tans and diff coolers.

NataSS Inc

iTrader: (9)

Pt # DB-30901

bottom right of page.
http://www.fluidyne.com/pl_rec.html

Bluesteel

iTrader: (7)

thanks for the help.

Im still not sure if I should market these or not. There is not that much mark up in them and I bet a lot of ORR's would use them. Guess Ill wait and see.

NataSS Inc

iTrader: (9)

Put it together and you could move a few here. Just make sure you talk with Nineball prior to trying to move a ton of product on the board. Everyone with 1/2 a noodle in thier head would want an oil cooler on a car, even daily drivers.

Bluesteel

iTrader: (7)

Paging Nine Ball

Deamon2002

iTrader: (3)

I'm not Nine Ball but, this could be right up my alley. Keep me posted on the progress of your kit, and what kind of cooler it will have, PM, IM, or email. Thanks!

Bluesteel

iTrader: (7)

Thanks and I will do man

-BW-

12secSS

iTrader: (30)

I saw your post on LS2.com and thought I should copy my reply here as well, hope this helps.

For under $300 you can have this setup and have the necessary oil control valve. You need this oil control valve to allow the engine to reach it's operating temp and go into closed loop (>130 degrees) as quickly as possible (for emissions reasons). $400 is way to much and most people probably would not pay that amount for a kit like that.

http://para.noid.org/oilcooler/

NataSS Inc

iTrader: (9)

Only thing wrong with that set is that there are to many 90* bends. 90* bends hapmer oil flow. If at all possible you was to use turns rather than hard angles and if you can get away with it you want all straight fittings.

Wnts2Go10O

iTrader: (12)

wet or dry noodle? the cooler is a good idea but cant u jus use a sandwich adapter? i mean it almost seems like more work than u had to.
PS- would it work where the air pump used to be if done right?

NataSS Inc

iTrader: (9)

Actually its easy on an Fbody. there is a spot on the block that the vettes use for the oil temp sender. The adapter just takes its place and you dont even have to pull the filter off or have it hang any lower with a sandwich adapter.

WILWAXU

iTrader: (6)

This looks like an advertisement to me.

You need to email prostockjohn@hotmail.com or ynot_dv8@hotmail.com to either ask permission to sell this here or to become a sponsor.