Compatible: (5.0L)

2015 – 2017 Ford Mustang GT

Nobody likes being sidelined at the track due to high engine oil temperatures. Mishimoto is here to help with a new line of efficient Mustang GT parts. Forced induction setups and some track miles can significantly overheat your oil and wear out your engine, so our engineers have developed an oil cooling solution for your Mustang GT!The Mishimoto engineers designed the heat exchanger for this project from scratch to create the largest oil cooler that we offer, and mounted it in the front of the vehicle where it receives the most airflow. Application-specific braided stainless steel lines transfer the oil from the cooler to the engine and feature -10AN fittings for an easy installation.This 2015 Mustang GT oil cooler kit is available with either a Sleek Silver or Stealth Black cooler and the Mishimoto Thermostatic Oil Sandwich Plate. As with all our 2015 Mustang parts, the Mishimoto Mustang GT Oil Cooler Kit includes the Mishimoto Lifetime Warranty.

• Direct fit for the 2015-2017 Ford Mustang GT
• Innovative bar-and-plate oil cooler mounts in the upper grille, allowing more room for supercharger heat exchangers
• Mounting bracket also serves as an air diversion panel, directing the maximum amount of ambient air through the oil cooler
• Pre-made stainless steel braided oil lines with durable -AN fittings
• Comes with replacement lower radiator hose to bypass the stock fluid-based oil cooler
• Removes the stock fluid-based oil cooler for less stress on the engine’s cooling system
• Billet aluminum thermostatic oil sandwich plate
• Increases oil capacity by 1qt
• Fits with most aftermarket supercharger kits
• Mishimoto Lifetime Warranty

PRODUCT SPECS

PURCHASE INCLUDES

(1) Application Specific Mounting Bracket / Air Diversion Shield
(1) Bar and Plate Oil Cooler (Silver or Black)
(1) 2ft 5in Stainless Steel Braided Hose w/ -10AN Fittings
(1) 4ft 11in Stainless Steel Braided Hose w/ -10AN Fittings
(1) M22 Thermostatic Sandwich Plate
(1) Application – Specific, M22 x 1.5 extended length center bolt
(2) M20 x -10AN Straight Fittings
(2) 1/8″ NPT Plugs
(1) Large O-ring
(1) Lower Radiator Hose w/ worm gear clamps
(1) Mounting Hardware Set
Mishimoto Lifetime Warranty

WORKING ON A COOLER COYOTE OIL COOLER R&D, PART 3: COOLER FABRICATION

In our last post, we took a look at the fabrication of our oil cooler bracket and the prototype heat exchanger. Weve settled on the final bracket design, and now we are moving on to the heat exchanger.

Heat Exchanger Fabrication

The lead engineer on this project, Dan, plans to test several designs, including an all new heat exchanger design for this project. Exciting stuff! Before we test, we first need to fabricate our test subjects with the help of our expert welder, Mike. We will be creating a small cross-flow oil cooler, a large cross-flow oil cooler, a small dual-pass oil cooler, and a large dual-pass oil cooler.

We began with the cores of our new oil cooler designs. First up was welding the mounting points to the top edges of our cores. We have a pretty cool mounting design for our oil cooler, and we were pretty excited to see itcome together.

Test-fitting the Mustang oil coolerTest-fitting Mustang parts

After fitment was confirmed on our GT, Mike began welding the end tanks onto our oil coolers. We have two types of end tanks which will join with the cores to become the two different style coolers; dual-pass and cross-flow. Dan will be testing both styles to determine which is the better option to cool our Coyote.

Fabricating Mustang partsMustang oil cooler prototypesMustang oil cooler prototypesMustang Parts Prototypes

After our functional prototypes were completed, it was time to test them for leaks and fit them on the GT. Our leak test method uses a very scientific soap-and-water concoction combined with several spotters looking for bubbles.

Leak testing Mustang oil cooler prototypes

Once we were sure that our prototypes were impenetrable fortresses of cooling, we introduced them to the GT.

Large Mustang oil cooler prototype installed

Both the small and large prototypes fit to our standards and meet our objectives, which included leaving as much room as possible for installing aftermarket heat exchangers behind our oil cooler. To free up as much room as possible, we have aligned the back of our oil cooler with the wiring harness that runs along the crash beam. Take a look at the space we saved the in the next photo, shot from beneath the GT. The arrow indicates the backside of our oil cooler and how it ends evenly with the wiring harness to maximize the space between our cooler and the A/C condenser.

Oil cooler clearance with Mustang parts

Coming Up!

Time for testing! We will be posting the results of our testing as well as the final oil cooler design, so stay tuned. In the meantime, sound off in the comments below and let us know what you think.

WORKING ON A COOLER COYOTE- OIL COOLER R&D, PART 4: TESTING

In our last post we took a look at the fabrication of our all-new bar-and-plate oil cooler designed specifically for this project. Now that we have our coolers complete, it is on to testing. We will test our large bar-and-plate cooler, our small bar-and-plate cooler, and our traditional-style 19-row cooler. This will allow us to compare the effectiveness of our new design to the excellent heat exchangers we already offer.

Testing

We installed each version and gave them a chance to show us what they could do in not one, but two arenas of performance. Round 1 Fight!

Contenders:

• 19-Row Mishimoto Oil Cooler
• Small cross-flow bar-and-plate cooler
• Small dual-pass bar-and-plate cooler
• Large cross-flow bar-and-plate cooler
• Large dual-pass bar-and-plate cooler

We hooked up our 19-row cooler to our GT, as well as our all new bar-and-plate coolers, both large and small, and let them duke it out.

Prototype Mustang parts installed for testing