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I want to put a oil cooler on my project turbo car. My question is- do I need to shim the oil pump to get higher pressure, for it to work properly? I am running a low mileage obd1 LS motor. Everything is stock. I plan to use 1/2 inch lines but i'm not sure if that is too big or not. If anyone has a setup on there ride, i would appreciate some info on it. thanks

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No.
Yes or No depending on where you're drawing your oil from and what all is in that loop.

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sounds like a sweet way to toast your bearings :P

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I have read about many people running oil coolers and making the oil to cool, unless its a die hard track car(auto-x) I think you will do more harm then good.

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they do make thermostats you know ::)

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I have one to sell if needed.......along with block adapter, but it looks too tall you your tight area.

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Thanks for the feedback guys. I have a sandwich plate for the oil filter housing. I understand that if it drops the oil pressure, it will destroy the bearings. I'm just trying to use this for longevity of the motor and turbo. Cooler oil will not breakdown as fast as the burning hot oil coming through the turbo. My main question was what size oil lines to run so that I don't cause pressure drop. I plan to use my car as a D.D. and a weekend track slut.

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yes I know, I had one on my porsche 911 with a chevy 383 but its just more ---- under the hood and by the time you get lines and ---- on them and the mount there not that small.

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don't use rubber lines, thats for sure!

#8AN at the min, prefer #10AN SS braided lines.

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I know 84-87 crx blocks had stock oil coolers.Old ls integra's have them zc 1.6.You can take the oil cooler off of it and bolt
it up too a ls block.You have too make sure you get that threaded bolt that goes through the oil cooler.I've ran them and my oil pressure
was a hell of alot high after a race.You can use the integra-civic oil filter.It seems too me that would be safer.