Front oil coller installed - pics

[mmasse]

I just finished the installation of a front spoiler oil cooler.

After lots of research on this forums and some other place I decided to go ahead with Fluidyne oil cooler. I got mine used (cheap) from a garage specialized in Nascar cars. I had to ask them to reweld the fitting on the top of each side in order for the cooler to fit under my C2 bumper. I also got used fitting and hoses from them. I used 16 AN fittings and hoses.

Here is the cooler


And some technical data for it (blue line)



And some pics of the process. The scary moment, I had cut the front of my precious baby!!!



After some work with metal sheet from a local metal shop ($10), and some welding (pretty good result given my novice skills)






Final result 9picture with bumper install, yet to come, but it is a perfect fit!!




The whole project was under $300.- well below any other alternative I had found.
Hope this help!!

Cheers

[Elombard]

Mario Awesome! Got a phone number for the garage on the cooler? Do they have any more? :-)) Thats a great result for a great price. You could cool a 7 litre with that!

[Jack Olsen]

Do you also have a fender cooler? In your shoes, I'd be concerned about a 3.5-inch cooler having enough capacity. It'd be a shame to cook the engine for the sake of saving a few bucks.

The airflow looks great, though.

[Joeaksa]

Looks nice!

JoeA

[DUK]

The thing I would be concerned with is the cooler is used. And knowing which teams still use that style of cooler, I'd be concerned. It is definitely big enough (if I remember right those hold almost a gallon of oil), but hopefully you had it sonic cleaned. Also used lines are a bigger risk, clean them good with hot soapy water several times and use an alcohol based brake clean. Looks great as far as your fabrication and location. Good Luck.

[Jack Olsen]

Originally posted by Duke Zink
It is definitely big enough (if I remember right those hold almost a gallon of oil)...

Is it big enough? According to Fluidyne's website, the capacity of that cooler is only 1.26 quarts.

What's the capacity of a Carrera cooler? For hot days, even a Carrera cooler isn't enough for a 3.6 -- although the airflow in this case will improve things.

[briankeithsmith]

Did you get that at Muscle Parts in Huntersville, NC?

Brian

[MuffinMan]

Originally posted by Jack Olsen
Do you also have a fender cooler? In your shoes, I'd be concerned about a 3.5-inch cooler having enough capacity. It'd be a shame to cook the engine for the sake of saving a few bucks.

The airflow looks great, though.

I used an RX7 front mounted cooler that was a little larger than the fluidyne you're using, and I had cooling issues while driving hard on the track. Then again, I was fine on the street, as long as the car was moving. Do you plan on tracking the car much?

Great job on the duct!

[mmasse]

Thanks, for all the replies... and yes i am concerned now!!!

Muffinman, just to check, I also have an RX7 cooler, but I decided for this one because it is much larger and airflow is better.

I guess, I will give a try and see how it performs, and if temp seems to raise too much, I will add a fender cooler. Right now it is all i have, no fender cooler.

The guy who recommended me this setup has one installed in his car with a 3.6 an he says that it provide for good cooling. He does track the car very frequently.

Thanks again for all you inputs

[MuffinMan]

Originally posted by mmasse
Muffinman, just to check, I also have an RX7 cooler, but I decided for this one because it is much larger and airflow is better.

You might be fine due to the superior airflow afforded by your duct. When I had the RX7 cooler I had ~1.5 inches from the pan, but I did not have a lovely scoop directing the airflow. My thread shows the old setup better, but it looked something like this:



There's only one way to find out how effective it is...take it to the track and have some fun!