Oil Coolers

[AldoRaine]

Hey guys,

So I’ve ordered a turbo kit and I’m in need of an oil cooler.
I see that MAPerformance sells an oil cooler (19 row MOCAL core) for $460. I’m wondering how quality this one is seeing as most oil coolers for this car are at least $600, I’m deciding if I’m gonna go with the JDL cooler (Setrab core) or the MA cooler.

Anyone weigh in here on the quality of the MA cooler? I live in Eastern North Carolina so it does get hot and humid in the summer. I’m only daily driving the car, occasional spirited driving, no track. Just wanna make sure I’m safe.

[weederr33]

Originally Posted by AldoRaine

Hey guys,

So I’ve ordered a turbo kit and I’m in need of an oil cooler.
I see that MAPerformance sells an oil cooler (19 row MOCAL core) for $460. I’m wondering how quality this one is seeing as most oil coolers for this car are at least $600, I’m deciding if I’m gonna go with the JDL cooler (Setrab core) or the MA cooler.

Anyone weigh in here on the quality of the MA cooler? I live in Eastern North Carolina so it does get hot and humid in the summer. I’m only daily driving the car, occasional spirited driving, no track. Just wanna make sure I’m safe.

Get this instead:
https://www.ft86speedfactory.com/jac...2013-ft86.html

[the new guy]

It’s a quality kit; the reason the kit is cheaper compared to others is it’s been made in bulk by purchasing the separate components and passing on the cost savings to you. I see the price at $430 right now with their site offering a 10% off code.

See the maximal performance kit as another example https://maximalperformance.com/produ...ler-kit-setrab

The one thing to note about these coolers and any cooler that mounts to the plastic undertray is the risk of an off track incident ripping the tray/cooler off.

If you’re not tracking the car you’d be fine with the OEM cooler

[AldoRaine]

The price at $430 is for the 13 row cooler, I’d be down to pay $460 for the 19 row cooler. Seems like a no brainer.

[AKITA]

Originally Posted by AldoRaine

Hey guys,

So I’ve ordered a turbo kit and I’m in need of an oil cooler.
I see that MAPerformance sells an oil cooler (19 row MOCAL core) for $460. I’m wondering how quality this one is seeing as most oil coolers for this car are at least $600, I’m deciding if I’m gonna go with the JDL cooler (Setrab core) or the MA cooler.

Anyone weigh in here on the quality of the MA cooler? I live in Eastern North Carolina so it does get hot and humid in the summer. I’m only daily driving the car, occasional spirited driving, no track. Just wanna make sure I’m safe.

It looks like the Maperformance is cheaper because it comes with unfinished hoses. Makes it flexible but some might not want to have to do that assembly. Putting AN fittings on can be a pain and you have to do two hoses. (and if you get it wrong you might have a mess on your hands) I doubt it comes with any other mounting hardware than the bolts to mount it to the plastic fascia. But again if you are trying to mount it to passenger side the custom length hosing would help accomplish that. The JR combo is certainly good for NA and I think it would be fine for their super charging platform in mild form. Not sure how well it is for a turbo charged application, which is why I'm not going to go the JR combo route myself.

I like the JR sandwich plate, and I'm gonna try the separate JR cooler with supercharger mounting to get it between the rad and intercooler. It might not work but I'm gonna try that first I think. If it works, it certainly better than mounting in front of the intercooler. I like the JDL cooler too and considered it and still am considering it.