I’ll give you some hints as to the culprit: Only it will tell, nobody ever seems to have enough of it, and Pink Floyd wrote a song about it. No, I’m not talking about LSD – I’m talking about time.

In our modern age, this connected world has led us to expect the fulfillment of our desires in short order. I want my MTV, and I want it NOW! In the movie Castaway, Tom Hanks’ character sums it up well: “87 hours is an eternity. The cosmos was created in less time.” Nobody likes waiting for things. Why would you, after all? But I can say personally that nothing is worse than having to wait for something that other people don’t have to wait for.

As the oldest sibling of three, I was adamantly forbidden from seeing the aforementioned PG-13 movie, Castaway, until after my thirteenth birthday. Would anyone like to venture a guess as to when my at-the-time eleven-year-old sister saw the same film?

It’s a rude fact of life that younger siblings can enjoy this type of advantage (I’m sure you see where this is going…). The development of a 2016 Camaro oil cooler for our 2.0T’s V8-powered older brother took a decent amount of time and some waiting, but fortunately, that 2016 Camaro Oil cooler for the SS is now officially released. I am happy today to make our SS one frustrated big bro by announcing that Mishimoto’s Camaro 2.0T Oil Cooler Kit is coming very soon! (Don’t worry SS – I feel your pain)

Why you gotta be so cool?

Oil obviously needs to be warm to lubricate an engine, but too much heat is a bad thing. Think of it like this: Oil’s relationship with heat is like a college freshman’s relationship with Miller High Life. If you don’t have enough, the night may not go as smoothly as you want. With the right amount, things proceed swimmingly and everyone has a great time. But when you introduce too much into the equation… well, that’s when you wake up in the morning, don’t know where you are, can’t find your hat, and find yourself wondering why you have a pocket full of dinner mints and a splitting headache. Too much heat can be a bad thing.

The reason for this is because oil’s excellent lubrication qualities come primarily from its viscosity. Once the oil overheats, it loses said viscosity and can no longer lubricate your engine effectively. Friction will do its thing, and before you know it, you’ve suddenly become much more closely acquainted with the 2016 Camaro parts inside  your engine.

Tell me about the stock system…

Well first, you’ll need to specify which stock system you mean! All Camaro 2.0Ts have oil coolers, but how they function varies a bit. For cars without the heavy-duty cooling and braking package, there is a liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger mounted on the side of the engine to cool oil using engine coolant.

However, 2.0T Camaros that are equipped with the HD cooling package use a liquid-to-air heat exchanger that is cleverly mounted horizontally, just after the front bumper on the underside of the car. This location takes advantage of the low relative pressure behind the radiator to pull air up and through the exchanger.

How is Mishimoto making it better?

Glad you asked! We will be providing a direct-fit kit that uses a sandwich plate at the oil filter mount to direct oil through a heat exchanger in front of the car, mounted stylishly behind the front grille (in the same location as on the SS). The kit will be available in thermostatic and non-thermostatic options, and will also include oil lines and a sway-bar jacket to keep the lines to themselves!

Check out some renderings, below.

What’s next?

Next, I will be sharing some shots of the finished product! As I told you, this one would be quick. We’ve got some solid numbers to back this thing up, too. Per usual, we will offer this product at a discounted price to forum members during our pre-sale, so look forward to all that and more in the next couple weeks.

Younger siblings, ungrateful beneficiaries of free-ridership, often enjoy the ability to hop on the coattails of big bro and whisk themselves away into a world of PG-13 movies, unearned responsibilities, and other undeserved privileges. The 2.0T is no exception, as it’s already been able to finagle itself this oil cooler. And guess what! You don’t need to wait any longer to also benefit from this, because the pre-sale for the Mishimoto 2016 2.0T Camaro oil cooler begins today.

Before we find out how the 2.0T performed, let’s check out some installed shots.

All You Touch, and All You See

Let’s get right into it and see how this oil cooler kit looks, perched in the front of our Camaro 2.0T.

This oil cooler kit includes a 25-row heat exchanger that sits up front mounted in the front left of the car’s front bumper cavity. The exchanger itself is available in your choice of black or silver. Fitment is perfect with our supplied brackets; the horn needs to be slightly relocated, but we provide the bracket for that too!

To send that oil up to the front of your Camaro where the exchanger sits, we utilize a sandwich plate, mounted in the oil filter housing. This is available in thermostatic and non-thermostatic configurations, so that you can choose the optimal balance of cooling and drivability. We’ll learn more about that in the next section.

Data, It’s a Hit. Don’t give me that do goody-good…

We won’t! I know you care about the numbers and want to see these claims substantiated. We tested this oil cooler thoroughly in order to quantify its cooling effect on your Camaro’s oil temperatures, and came back with some pretty nice results.

For testing stock temperatures, we took temperature measurements of oil after it was cooled by the stock system, just before where it’s routed back into the block. In order to test our Mishi oil cooler temps, we used the non-thermostatic sandwich plate so that our results weren’t skewed by the thermostat opening and closing. We measured inlet oil temperatures before our oil cooler, and we also measured temperatures after the cooler before the block.

As you can see from the temperature graph, the Mishimoto Camaro oil cooler dropped the temperatures of oil on its way into the engine by over sixty degrees Fahrenheit. As a reminder, this is using a non-thermostatic sandwich plate, so the oil is always traveling through our exchanger. This is ideal for track situations when the car is being pushed and the temperatures are going to be hotter than they would on the street.

For street driving, the thermostatic option will allow your oil to bypass the Mishimoto cooler until it gets hot enough to really need it, at which point the thermostat will open to allow your oil to run through our exchanger. This is perfect for the road because it will allow your car to properly heat up to operating temperature and stay there, only bringing temps down when they get too hot for comfort.

As you can see, pressure levels are maintained well within safe operating parameters, and are very similar to stock.

What’s next?

So, I’m sure that during this busy time of year, many of you are On the Run, but stop for a second, Speak to Me/Breathe, and take some Time to investigate this pre-sale. It’s a great way to save some Money before normal prices Eclipse the pre-sale discount, and you can pick up this kit in Any Colour You Like, as long as it’s silver or black.