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Originally Posted by James Russels
That's really helpful, thanks. Do you know where the safety zone ends for the stock engine in terms of HP? And at what point I should think about installing an oil cooler? I hadn't even considered this since the kit is advertised as plug and play.
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Tough question to answer, how are you going to drive the car and what supporting modifications are going along with? The general consensus seems to be that high 300s is pushing the stock rods to the limit.
The oil cooler question is also dependent on severable variables. I feel that there is a lot of misinformation about there regarding what temperatures are acceptable for how most of these cars are driven. Let's be real...99 percent of the folk on this forum are not building race cars. We just want a quick street car. "ZOMG oil temps hitting 230 jew need an oil cooler ASAP"...I'm not one of those people. It takes quite a lot to break down modern synthetic oils. For a strictly street driven car, I would recommend switching to a 5w30 and running an OEM water to oil cooler unit. Works wonderfully for my application. In no way am I saying that an oil cooler is a bad idea...I'm an absolute sucker for modifications that support the health of my motor. Just don't buy into the boogeyman stuff is all I'm getting at.