OIL STUFF!!!!!!!!!!

[TRDmod]

Hello
i have a 3s-gte, st 205 gt4,
i know mr2 and caldina uses same engine but for a st205 gt4, does everyone know if this gt4 st205 comes wtih its own factory oil cooler, i see this little thing in front of the car, like a little black intercooler,a nd it looks like a oil cooler.....but does anyone ACTUALLY know what this is, and can confirm that it is a oil cooler??? because i race my car and it never gets too hot and the water never gets hotter than normal, so i suspect that there is some form of technology built in to the vehicle to avoid this and can someone plese that actually knows facts.....tell me if this little black intercooler/radiator looking thing in the front of the car is actually an oil cooler, and if it is an air/oil cooler or water/oil cooler.....

thanks muchly

[fivebob]

The liitle black box is an air:oil transmission cooler part #33490-20060, those 4wd boxes get a bit hot.

The stock oil cooler, in the ST205, ST215 and SW20 is a water/oil cooler mounted on the block behind the water pump. In most cases it's adequate for a stock motor, but once you start upping the boost a good thermostatically controlled Air:Oil cooler is really needed.

The ST205 & ST215 also have a power steering cooler, which is essentially a long tube that sits in front of the radiator.

[TWSTD]

what size/make etc of upgraded oil cooler would you suggest fivebob? and any idea what they cost?

AL

[fivebob]

what size/make etc of upgraded oil cooler would you suggest fivebob? and any idea what they cost?

If you're going to make it yourself then I'd use Earls cooler & fittings but it's probably not much cheaper than importing a Trust kit that contains all you would need. I just imported one from Takakaira in Japan ( http://www.takakaira.co.jp ) for 62,000Yen + shipping (around $1000 landed) but that's for the SW20, the Celica/Caldina should be a little bit cheaper but it's not listed on their site so you'd need to make a parts enquiry.

The Trust kit uses a 300mmx140mmx50mm 10 row core.

[Tranquil]

Im interested in making a transmission cooler, the problem is some how pumping the gbox fluid into a cooling device (gbox is not under pressure).

Any idea's what i could use for a tranmission cooler pump ? Something electronic would be the go.

[TWSTD]

well unless theres some kind of internal pump in my ST215 gearbox then god knows how my trans fluid gets to and then around the cooler and back again - the lines even go up-hill!

[Twolitre]

Yes there is an internal oil pump in the gearbox.