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Full-Lock · 04-19-2007, 04:43 PM

dunno if anyone will know this, but w\e

anyway will r32 front strut tower bar fit on an s14? i found one with a built in oil cooler and i would really like to have it for my rb. i know the r32 has 2 mounting holes on the shock tower and s14 has 3...but i could just redrill those in the correct spots.

will the hood close right? i could just use hood raisers if it didnt close by just a few millimeters.

is the strut too long or too short from shock tower to shock tower?

thanks,
chase

Brian · 04-19-2007, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by TOPSECRT88

dunno if anyone will know this, but w\e

anyway will r32 front strut tower bar fit on an s14? i found one with a built in oil cooler and i would really like to have it for my rb. i know the r32 has 2 mounting holes on the shock tower and s14 has 3...but i could just redrill those in the correct spots.

will the hood close right? i could just use hood raisers if it didnt close by just a few millimeters.

is the strut too long or too short from shock tower to shock tower?

thanks,
chase

Strut tower bar with built in oil cooler?
Give me the goddamn picture you maniac!

kuroichiyon · 04-19-2007, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian

Strut tower bar with built in oil cooler?
Give me the goddamn picture you maniac!

**mrmephistopheles** · 04-19-2007, 05:30 PM

That looks pretty nutty.
No idea if it'd work though. I think it'd be a bit too tall.

s13rookie · 04-19-2007, 06:04 PM

that looks expensive. what is the price?

azndummie · 04-19-2007, 06:04 PM

damn that looks crazzzzy

reflexdb · 04-19-2007, 06:14 PM

That is awesome. I'm sure that it will work pretty well if it fits. Water-to-oil coolers usually do. Just dry-sump your engine so you don't need to run that weak stock filter location replacement piece.

cmcdougle · 04-19-2007, 06:17 PM

It looks way too tall to me, but it's worth a try, I guess. Get the dimensions for it.

Full-Lock · 04-19-2007, 09:38 PM

ya..my main concern here is height and width...

@kuroichiyon: you think you can get me some dimensions on it?

kouki_s14 · 04-19-2007, 10:08 PM

how effiicient can that really be?

only advantage i see over other oil coolers is shorter lines.

MURPHY · 04-19-2007, 10:23 PM

nevermind thought skylines had 3 bolt front struts.

180sx Fan · 04-20-2007, 04:20 PM

Im more wondering how that will cool oil at all. Most oil coolers are like mini radiaters with fins and shit that looks like some sort of solid container so i dont see how it will cool anything especially since there is no air flow where that will mount. It also looks like it will make a pretty shitty strut bar as it looks like it would lose alot of rigidity with the oil cooler in the center of it.

atom · 04-20-2007, 05:16 PM

Thats not an air to oil cooler, its a water to oil cooler. If you really have a 650HP RB do you really want to put more stress on your cooling system by adding a water to oil cooler? Doesn't seem like a good idea to me personally.

kuroichiyon · 04-20-2007, 05:37 PM

I have a Greddy radiator and a 12" electric fan on my 500whp GT-R and my temps don't exceed 90 C. If you can keep your engine oil temp at 90 C then you are doing good.

midnight zenki · 04-20-2007, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by 180sx Fan

Im more wondering how that will cool oil at all. Most oil coolers are like mini radiaters with fins and shit that looks like some sort of solid container so i dont see how it will cool anything especially since there is no air flow where that will mount. It also looks like it will make a pretty shitty strut bar as it looks like it would lose alot of rigidity with the oil cooler in the center of it.

That unit is a water cooled heat exchanger. In the picture there are two fittings that are capped of in the front and back, this is where the water(coolant) is introduced and exchanged replacing the need for air flow.

180sx Fan · 04-21-2007, 09:51 AM

^^^ ok that makes sense i didnt know anything about that oil cooler thanks for explaining that.

staygold24 · 04-21-2007, 01:47 PM

Just get dimensions and mock something up. Im sure there is a website or something for it. Maybe even buy a cheap ebay strut bar for a r32 and see if it bolts up. worth the 55 bucks or whatever it costs for piece of mind that that BADASS thing will work.

But on another note. Your car is god. Do you have a cardomain or something to look at it more?

chmercer · 04-21-2007, 02:28 PM

that would be awesome until you hit a speedbump at 10 mph and your chassis flexes and that thing splits and starts dumping oil all over

wait, it would never be awesome

Ian · 04-21-2007, 02:37 PM

yeah that seems like the dumbest way to do that

why not just make a regular STB that has a water/oil cooler bolted onto it?

or just have a normal air/oil cooler

s13gold · 04-21-2007, 03:23 PM

damn thats sick......

kuroichiyon · 04-21-2007, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by chmercer

that would be awesome until you hit a speedbump at 10 mph and your chassis flexes and that thing splits and starts dumping oil all over

The thing isn't made of plastic....How many strut bars have you had to replace to due them breaking? Worth a thought but not much more than that.

Length from center of mounting ring to center of mounting ring is 36 1/4"
When laying the strut bar on a flat surface the bottom of the oil cooler is 2" from the table. Top of oil cooler is 3 1/2" from the table.

As you can see in the picture the oil cooler core can be separated from the rest of the bar. I think it would be easy to re-drill the mounting hole to accomodate your needs.
Hope this helps

*NemeGuero* · 04-21-2007, 08:03 PM

but isn't hood clearance already pretty tight with RBs?

kuroichiyon · 04-21-2007, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by NemeGuero

but isn't hood clearance already pretty tight with RBs?

I have no idea. RB25's w/stock intake and intercooler piping fit right? Maybe a Greddy style intake would be o.k. Core itself is under 2".

04-19-2007, 04:43 PM	#1
Full-Lock Nissanaholic! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: ILLinois Posts: 1,765 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Full-Lock Feedback Score: 0 reviews	r32 strut brace on s14 dunno if anyone will know this, but w\e anyway will r32 front strut tower bar fit on an s14? i found one with a built in oil cooler and i would really like to have it for my rb. i know the r32 has 2 mounting holes on the shock tower and s14 has 3...but i could just redrill those in the correct spots. will the hood close right? i could just use hood raisers if it didnt close by just a few millimeters. is the strut too long or too short from shock tower to shock tower? thanks, chase __________________

04-19-2007, 06:04 PM	#5
s13rookie Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: connecticut Age: 44 Posts: 1,129 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	that looks expensive. what is the price? __________________ Ive spent most of my money on cars and women...the rest i wasted

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azndummie Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: orange county Posts: 1,362 Trader Rating: (14) Feedback Score: 14 reviews	damn that looks crazzzzy __________________

04-19-2007, 06:14 PM	#7
reflexdb Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Denver, CO Age: 40 Posts: 381 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	That is awesome. I'm sure that it will work pretty well if it fits. Water-to-oil coolers usually do. Just dry-sump your engine so you don't need to run that weak stock filter location replacement piece. __________________

04-19-2007, 06:17 PM	#8
cmcdougle Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: May 2006 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 1,361 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	It looks way too tall to me, but it's worth a try, I guess. Get the dimensions for it. __________________

04-19-2007, 09:38 PM	#9
Full-Lock Nissanaholic! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: ILLinois Posts: 1,765 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Full-Lock Feedback Score: 0 reviews	ya..my main concern here is height and width... @kuroichiyon: you think you can get me some dimensions on it? __________________

04-19-2007, 10:08 PM	#10
kouki_s14 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,550 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	how effiicient can that really be? only advantage i see over other oil coolers is shorter lines.

04-19-2007, 10:23 PM	#11
MURPHY Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: fredericksburg, va Age: 35 Posts: 1,693 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	nevermind thought skylines had 3 bolt front struts.

04-20-2007, 04:20 PM	#12
180sx Fan Zilvia Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Island Posts: 188 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Im more wondering how that will cool oil at all. Most oil coolers are like mini radiaters with fins and shit that looks like some sort of solid container so i dont see how it will cool anything especially since there is no air flow where that will mount. It also looks like it will make a pretty shitty strut bar as it looks like it would lose alot of rigidity with the oil cooler in the center of it.

04-20-2007, 05:16 PM	#13
atom Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,196 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Thats not an air to oil cooler, its a water to oil cooler. If you really have a 650HP RB do you really want to put more stress on your cooling system by adding a water to oil cooler? Doesn't seem like a good idea to me personally.

04-20-2007, 05:37 PM	#14
kuroichiyon Leaky Injector Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Phoenix Age: 48 Posts: 132 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I have a Greddy radiator and a 12" electric fan on my 500whp GT-R and my temps don't exceed 90 C. If you can keep your engine oil temp at 90 C then you are doing good.

04-21-2007, 09:51 AM	#16
180sx Fan Zilvia Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Island Posts: 188 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	^^^ ok that makes sense i didnt know anything about that oil cooler thanks for explaining that.

04-21-2007, 01:47 PM	#17
staygold24 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: St. Simons Ga Posts: 673 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Just get dimensions and mock something up. Im sure there is a website or something for it. Maybe even buy a cheap ebay strut bar for a r32 and see if it bolts up. worth the 55 bucks or whatever it costs for piece of mind that that BADASS thing will work. But on another note. Your car is god. Do you have a cardomain or something to look at it more?

04-21-2007, 02:28 PM	#18
chmercer BANNED Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: texas! Age: 39 Posts: 3,288 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	that would be awesome until you hit a speedbump at 10 mph and your chassis flexes and that thing splits and starts dumping oil all over wait, it would never be awesome

04-21-2007, 03:23 PM	#20
s13gold Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: CARSON Posts: 4,240 Trader Rating: (79) Feedback Score: 79 reviews	damn thats sick......

04-21-2007, 08:03 PM	#22
NemeGuero No more nissan. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: RAIN, Washington. Age: 40 Posts: 8,132 Trader Rating: (10) Rides Gallery: NemeGuero Feedback Score: 10 reviews	but isn't hood clearance already pretty tight with RBs? __________________