if you had an RB bumper, how would you mount the oil cooler and brake ducts?
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I'm perplexed. I want to stick the oil cooler right behind the passenger side "big hole," but where do I put that brake duct afterward?
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Pozmatron, get an Rx7 cooler and put it up in the bumper. No airflow needed (I saw temps of 160-170 in 80 degree ambient with *no* airflow to the cooler). Stick the ducts in the big holes, block off the small holes.
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Would it be possible to over cool with the oil cooler there? Why not just put it above the IC with some ducting or a hole in the nose?
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Works for Sav....
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Sav, do you have any pics of how the splitter is attached?
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You're mounting your license plate between the bumper lights?
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I like how two people posted pictures of your car sav, I guess we're all
to your car at night.
Hustler, sounds like the RX-7 cooler is a good bet. My only worry is the not infrequent cooler track days in the PNW (probably not a problem for you in Texas). There was an Autocross earlier this year in Washington with an inch of snow. That's an extreme, but you get the point. With that RX-7 oil cooler, although it doesn't need airflow, you're unable to block airflow to help keep oil warm. If you do have a cooler track day (even you Sav, if you ever wanna visit ORP), you're kinda screwed.
Slight thread jack, which side of the oil filter sandwich plate should I be taking temperatures? I'm assuming the cooler, post oil cooler, side, but is the filter fed from the center stud, or is that the return from the filter?
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Hustler, sounds like the RX-7 cooler is a good bet. My only worry is the not infrequent cooler track days in the PNW (probably not a problem for you in Texas). There was an Autocross earlier this year in Washington with an inch of snow. That's an extreme, but you get the point. With that RX-7 oil cooler, although it doesn't need airflow, you're unable to block airflow to help keep oil warm. If you do have a cooler track day (even you Sav, if you ever wanna visit ORP), you're kinda screwed.
Slight thread jack, which side of the oil filter sandwich plate should I be taking temperatures? I'm assuming the cooler, post oil cooler, side, but is the filter fed from the center stud, or is that the return from the filter?