Oil cooler tech
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My oil cooler set up (photos above earlier in thread) also incorporates a filter relocation and it was not that difficult to retain the brace. I did remove it while installing to give more room to work when attaching the fittings and hoses to the engine block, but reinstalled afterwards. I don't have any sharp bends, excessive hose length or chafe points.
I think what I'm really trying to determine is if I need to go:
Sandwich => -10AN adaptor => Straight -10AN female hose end
vs
Sandwich => -10AN adaptor => 90 degree -10AN female hose end
I don't want to buy a kit, and then have to purchase additional fittings to make it work. And, If I can be spoon fed, I don't have to re-invent what has been solved before.
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I used to say the same thing until I pulled the last motor out of Rover. ~3 years of track days, Squaretop manifold, no brace. There was a large (1x1x1") chunk broken out of the corner of the #1 runner of the manifold, straight through one of the mounting ears and all the way down into the runner, and four of the nine IM studs were broken. Suddenly I'm a fan of the OEM IM brace, or some sort of replacement which is compatible with oil coolers.
#364
I used to say the same thing until I pulled the last motor out of Rover. ~3 years of track days, Squaretop manifold, no brace. There was a large (1x1x1") chunk broken out of the corner of the #1 runner of the manifold, straight through one of the mounting ears and all the way down into the runner, and four of the nine IM studs were broken. Suddenly I'm a fan of the OEM IM brace, or some sort of replacement which is compatible with oil coolers.
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In the area of concern, I used a filter relocation block with -10an 45 degree fittings that are angled upward and rearward in the direction of 10 o'clock. As one fitting is central to the block and the other is offset, I experimented with the block and fittings loose but attached with hoses until I had the ideal arc up to the filter location.
Because there is no stack of filter + sandwich plate to accommodate, it is fairly easy to route and maintain the maintain the brace.
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Indeed, sorry about that.
In the area of concern, I used a filter relocation block with -10an 45 degree fittings that are angled upward and rearward in the direction of 10 o'clock. As one fitting is central to the block and the other is offset, I experimented with the block and fittings loose but attached with hoses until I had the ideal arc up to the filter location.
Because there is no stack of filter + sandwich plate to accommodate, it is fairly easy to route and maintain the maintain the brace.
In the area of concern, I used a filter relocation block with -10an 45 degree fittings that are angled upward and rearward in the direction of 10 o'clock. As one fitting is central to the block and the other is offset, I experimented with the block and fittings loose but attached with hoses until I had the ideal arc up to the filter location.
Because there is no stack of filter + sandwich plate to accommodate, it is fairly easy to route and maintain the maintain the brace.
Thanks for the further reply.
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I was referring to the sandwich plates that have the T/Stat right there at the block, and was picturing the T/Stat on the remote oil mount to be kind of like the water T/Stat on a M-Tuned reroute. However, I understand what you are saying, that the oil from the block is always circulated up to the remote filter assy, with the thermostat.
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There's also this one, which is offered with 185 and 215 degree thermostats:
Remote Engine & Transmission Oil Filter Mount with Thermostat ENV-170
Remote Engine & Transmission Oil Filter Mount with Thermostat ENV-170
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I'll be the naysayer and say that I could never see the logic in a remote filter setup. It is a bunch of added cost, lots of extra fittings and leak points, and a bunch of extra hoses just to make the filter easier to reach. I just don't struggle that much to reach the filter in these cars the 2-3x a year I have to do it.
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I'll be the naysayer and say that I could never see the logic in a remote filter setup. It is a bunch of added cost, lots of extra fittings and leak points, and a bunch of extra hoses just to make the filter easier to reach. I just don't struggle that much to reach the filter in these cars the 2-3x a year I have to do it.
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I'll be the naysayer and say that I could never see the logic in a remote filter setup. It is a bunch of added cost, lots of extra fittings and leak points, and a bunch of extra hoses just to make the filter easier to reach. I just don't struggle that much to reach the filter in these cars the 2-3x a year I have to do it.
OTOH, if you do it with 4 crimped hoses and no adapters it may have fewer leak points than an average execution of a normal oil cooler setup.