ADM

Has anyone ever installed a kit on their 94+ LT1s?

TheDon619

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i thought lt1s came stock with an oil cooler?

ADM

I don't recall seeing any plumbing for one when I had the engine bare down to just the block. Have I missed something here? Could it have been deleted somehow?

SoxXpupPeT

iTrader: (34)

hes talking about the sandwich adapter that goes inbetween the filter and the block that has engine coolant flowing through it. i deleted it. i was thinking about making my own oil cooler soon

ADM

I was also thinking of installing one, we have some seriously hot summers here, would benefit a lot from one.

However, also need to consider the drop in oil pressure, and how much it would be.

I was thinking of an oil filter relocation kit, and plump a cooler within it somewhere, but need to keep the plumbing pretty small on internal diameter to maintain pressure.

What did you have in mind bro?

SoxXpupPeT

iTrader: (34)

i hear ya. i just wanna put a cooler in so when i rev her to redline i wont worry so much. i was thinking of either a sandwich adapter that just goes to a small radiator somewhere. i woudnt worry about pressure that much as compared to volume. i wouldnt want to run to small of a line and starve anything of oil. or relocate my filter. but i dont think i wanna deal with having to find a place for it.

duh

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Easy....not necessarily cheap, but easy.....http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CT...n/?prefilter=1

SoxXpupPeT

iTrader: (34)

damn your not kidding with "not necessarily cheap"! later tonight/tomorrow im going to piece up a set. at my shop i make hydraulic hoses so that wont be a problem for me lol but $289 is still expensive :x

James Montigny

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Actually, I think more people have removed that thing than added it LOL
Shouldn't be too hard to find the adapter and plumbing for sale cheap.

Mine's in the garage somewhere in the pile of spare parts.

SoxXpupPeT

iTrader: (34)

here youd need something like this...

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/TR...RO&prefilter=1

and like this

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/DE...0/?image=large

and then some hose. thats all youd need. the adapter is even for our LT1's ill be ordering everything sometime next week most likely

tom falco

They came from the factory with one. And so does other gm engines like my 2 wheel drive blazer. I think they are a waste of time because they are not a cooler????? In the winter they heat the oil. In the summer they are coolers to some extent. I did some testing on them and found they are basically not coolers the way they are installed. If you use the filter adapter with a seperate cooler radiator and circulator pump with a resivor then they work great. In stock form the best place for them is on a nail in the garage wall. Along with the piping. They wont fit with headers any way so dont waste your time or money. TOM

riceburnerZ28

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I replaced my stock oil cooler parts for a derale 6 row oil cooler with a sandwich adapter and 8ft of hoses. It does a ok job at keeping the temps down when I'm not reving high but when I do the temps usually peak close to 260 even with the coolant fans on! What I'm gonna do is upgrade to a larger larger cooler with a built in cooling fans...to the OP that might be your best solution as well!

Pyro97

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Some do, think it was an option. My 94 had one but my 97 doesn't and neither do my dad's 96 or my sister's 94 I think.

SPEED#1

iTrader: (14)

Only the b4c police packaged cars and some 1Le cars had it otherwise very few if any regular z28s had them but not many.

duh

iTrader: (16)

My 93 has one, it is neither a B4C or 1LE. Just an FYI

madhatter

My 94 had one. It is the KC4 option.I don't think it was rare on 93-94s. 95-97 Do not seem to have them as much, they also changed the design in 95.

Z-RATED94

iTrader: (6)

My 94 had one too, the key word being "had". Oil pressure did go up a few lbs. once removed as other people had mentioned.

YodiBrodi

small heads up, the tube and fin design linked above actually restricts flow because of all the tight 180 deg bends. look for a plate and bar design cooler such as this canton, http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CTR-23-500/. they tend to be a little more expensive but flow far better with less pressure loss. they flow like a radiator.