How can I find out of my SS has the oil cooler package on it?

 

Look at the oil filter adapter. If it has coolant hoses going to it, then you have the cooler.

 

As much as I hate to admit it...I ask some really simple stupid questions

 

To see if it is a factory SLP SS option, check the end of the passenger door for the SLP options sticker. It will say: OPTIONAL OIL COOLER PACKAGE with the other SS options listed. That's what my 1996 SS has to show the oil cooler option.

 

its not there but it does say slp level II suspension? what ever the hell that means?

 

Must be one of those questions again j/k

It means it has the upgraded suspension over SLP's "standard" (level I).

 

To be honest...I bought the car a month ago, drove it 6 hours home and tore it apart and started modding it...now im wondering, is it a "rare" car or would it be okay to completely modify everything that made it special? I see SS Camaro's selling for a lot more then what I paid for mine?

 

Part of it was Bilstein shocks and progressive springs.

 

Please post some photos of your car.


Here is an answer to a question I asked on Camaro SS World in 2003:



This should settle it...........courtesy of the late, great CSSOA.

Q. How Many SS's Were Built In 1996? As best as can be determined.

Total cars = 2410

The total of 2263 is for U.S. cars only and the total 2410 is for both U.S. and Canada. 147 were built for Canada.

White = 370 or 16.35 %
Teal = 77 or 3.40 %
Black = 818 or 36.15 %
Polo Green = 167 or 7.38 %
Red = 831 or 36.72 %

T-Tops = 1309 or 57.84 %
Coupe = 690 or 30.49 %
Convertible = 264 or 11.67 %

Automatic = 767 or 33.89 %
6-Speed = 1496 or 66.11 %

Exhaust = 2072 or 91.56 %
Torsen = 1263 or 55.81 %
Suspension = 905 or 39.99 %
Hurst Shifter = 1354 or 90.51 % (of 6-spd cars)
Oil Cooler = 286 or 12.64 % (option became available late in year around march)
Floor Mats = 1947 or 86.03 %
Car Cover = 1221 or 53.95 %
R1 Tires = 93 or 4.11 %
Syn. Lubes = 321 or 14.18 % (remember, this was included at no charge with the Torsen)



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Q. How Many SS's Were Built In 1997?
From All The Sources I can Find

Standard LT1 1997 SS

This is broken into two parts (Regular SS and 30th Anniversary SS's)

Total Production 1997 SS's: 3038 - Regular Production 2081 - 30th 957

White - 306
Silver - 368
Black - 734
Polo Green - 121
Red - 552

T-Tops - 1390
Coupe - 454
Convertible - 237

Coupe

White - 82 - (32 Auto - 50 6spds.)
Silver - 67 - (27 Auto - 40 6spds.)
Black - 156 - (47 Auto - 109 6spds.)
Polo Green - 23 - (5 Auto - 18 6spds.)
Red - 126 - (33 Auto - 93 6spds.)

T-Top

White - 182 - (58 Auto - 124 6spds.)
Silver - 257 - (74 Auto - 183 6spds.)
Black - 497 - (126 Auto - 371 6spds.)
Polo Green - 87 - (32 Auto - 55 6spds.)
Red - 367 - (124 Auto - 243 6spds.)

Convertible

White - 42 - (19 Auto - 23 6spds.)
Silver - 44 - (16 Auto - 28 6spds.)
Black - 81 - (31 Auto - 50 6spds.)
Polo Green - 11 - (5 Auto - 6 6spds.)
Red - 59 - (28 Auto - 31 6spds.)

30th Anniversary SS's

Total 30th - 957 (100 LT4)

Coupe - 240 - (73 Auto - 167 6spds.)
T-Top - 466 - (156 Auto - 310 6spds.)
Convertible - 251 - (115 Auto - 136 6spds.)

Exhaust - 871
Torsen - 545
Lubes - 99
Hurst - 577
Level 2 Suspension - 312
Level 3 Suspension - 100
Engine Oil Cooler - 642
R1 Tires - 34
Mats - 821

 

Hah! They installed Torsen in some. Which didn't start on factory F-Bodies till 99.

 

Mine has the torsen option...seems like it came fully loaded minus the oil cooler option. It's a black a4 coupe with the 30th anniversary grey leather.

 

http://cardomain.com/ride/3154897

theres a link with a couple really crappy pictures...I will take some better ones tomorrow when it stops raining. It's filthy in these pictures.

 

Would't be too hard to give it the cooler option Get a truck oil filter adapter from, say, a 1990 Suburban (I had one, so I know they had them, at least as an option) and throw it on yours Then just run some lines up. Not sure if our stock radiators have dual cooler line provisions, but if you have an M6 then the tranny lines wouldn't be used and you could pipe it in there