I've been shopping around for an oil cooler for quite some time now but have been turned off by the fact places charge 3x the price of the actual parts. All this because they put the word Corvette in the description, and I personally try to avoid that infamous Corvette Tax whenever possible.

So now I seek the infinite wisdom of the CF forum in advising me in a purchase...

Oil Cooler Kit with Thermostat

Yay or Nay? Thoughts?

Nay, sandwich type adapters are notorious for leaking and this kit will still leave you buying/making a mount, assembling AN lines, and your existing oil filter will be lowered. Take a look at the TPIS kit, everything is there including the mount, pre assembled lines, and an adapter that maintains the stock location of the temp sender.

I installed the Doug Rippie kit with a Ron Davis Radiator with the oil cooler in it. It came with hose block adaptor where the oil temp sender is and correct length 5/8" stainless steel lines. Temps now never run over 260 degrees vs. 300 degrees.

A seperate cooler can run too cold on the street, but if you use a thermostaticaly controlled vavle or just put bypass valves in each line.

I am installing an additional power steering cooler out in front of the car in the air flow over Xmas holidays as my Redline fluid still boils on the track.

TPIS has a kit for the Corvette. My son runs one on his car and has not had any problems.

Gene

AND, we will expect a write up on that!! Mine boils too.

I used the mocal LS adapter on mine with a B&M cooler (I think). The adapter bolts in place of the stock temp sensor flange and is thermostatically controlled. Making the lines and the mount was half the fun of the of the job.

Time is money - do you really want to spend the time to make brackets, cut lines, fit everything and do it again till everything works ?? The DRM kit is complete with cooler, lines, brackets, adaptor, etc. Install took me about 3 hours and several beers on my back on the garage floor. It would have been much faster on a lift. DRM can also supply a Mocal thermostat to control temps on the street. Mine works great and I see 30 -35 degree drops in temps at the track. Well worth the money.