Bradford

Thought I would take a shot here before I buy a new one. I'm upgrading from a Turbo S oil cooler. PM me if you have one that you want to sell. Thanks!

Campy

Scott, as I'm sure you might be aware, if you would consider new … Gert has what I think is the Cargraphic unit on his site.


http://www.carnewal.com/products/P93.../GT-Oil-Cooler


RUF has theirs listed as well and it looks like they are opening a new distributorship right in Torrance CA according to their site!


http://ruf.das-maingold.info/wp-cont...anuar-2015.pdf

DRPM

I bought mine from RUF in Germany.
Great product and seller.

Bradford

Thanks guys, good advise as both Gert and Ruf are good companies to buy from. I'll hold out for a couple weeks to see if I can find a used one first.

Slate993tt

Hey Scott, I was fortunate enough to get a used one from a Rennlister a couple years ago and absolutely love it. It made a big difference in keeping temps down on track and in the mountains.

Hoping you have the same luck as I did. Let me know if you have any questions on the unit itself.

Chad

Bradford

Thanks Chad.

I don't track my car and have never had a problem with overheating. I just happen to have my front bumper off and thought this would be a good time to upgrade to a bigger unit in case the car is ever tracked. Stay tuned.....

Norske

Hey Scott, FYI, I installed the Cargraphic oil cooler on my 98 C4S with Protomotive stage 2 when I bought it. In the hottest summer humid weather here in North Carolina, the air still blows ice and my temp gauge barely gets over 8 oclock or just slightly past the first red line. I have no experience with the Ruf unit but the Cargraphic has been great IMHO.

Bradford

Thanks for the review Norske , that seems to be the consensus.

Norske

Also, FYI, the Cargraphic is not a larger unit, it is an extra cooler mounted next to the AC in the left front bumper. All hoses, n mounts were included with my kit. A very professional bunch of hardware. I estimate the Cargraphic cooler to be at least twice the size of the extra turbo S cooler.

chsu74

Wouldn't the switchable fan mod be more effective?

rlme36

Once heat soak has occurred real hard to over come.

I have the Cargraphic kit from Gert, a/c works great.

chsu74

The fan mod provides constant moving air regardless of vehicle speed.

Heat soak refers to the intercooler not oil cooler. No?

rlme36

Was referring more to the entire engine. The additional large cooler just helps to keep it in a better range all things being equal. The way I looked at it was the oil cooled turbos need all the help they can get. On a N/A car probably not needed as much unless tracking.

chsu74

I guess it depends on use. Both mods help in their own respective ways.

Oil is cooled from air moving through it. It shouldn't matter if there is a forced air solution via a switched fan on a normal size vs a larger oil cooler. I would think a larger oil cooler sitting in traffic would get heat soak faster than a normal size with a fan switch mod under the same conditions.

My old 996 with a switched fan mod was an excellent example of that. I can force air flow with a switched fan and watch the digital coolant temp drop or not and watch the temp rise sitting in stop and go traffic.

If you track heavily in a modded car with short straights, then both a larger oil cooler and fan switch are helpful.

rlme36

Chao, agree depends on use and needs. the switch is a nice way to go to help mitigate, but the ultimate solution is a secondary larger cooler, its all about surface area.

Oh and I'll try not to admonish you for talking about the 996, for shame.