what are some oil line routing options for a front mount cooler?

[vash]

1. through the front truck?
2. under the front of car, behind the bumpers?

what did you guys do?

anyone have some great photos to help out? hole locations would be great!

TIA, cliff

[dhrcr911s]

Track Car??? Inside the rockers
Street Car???? Outside the rockers

[juanbenae]

bump, subscribed!

[vash]

street legal track car, that never sees the street anymore.. SC oil line run up the car in the stock location. where the hard lines end under the front fender, is where i hope someone chimes in to assist.

[Buckterrier]

Vash, are you looking to put in a front valence oil cooler?

[84_Carrera]

Hey Mark, Nice to see you online!

We now return you to your regularly scheduled Thread.

[86 911 Targa]

Please be more specific as to the type of oil cooler.

Factory right front fender?

Front valence?

Thanks,

Gerry

[tonythetarga]

Kremer ST Re-creation

check the plumbing for this double wheel well set up.

[vash]

sorry, front valence cooler.

helping a friend. he is too shy to chime in..hahah.

[Buckterrier]

Originally Posted by vash

sorry, front valence cooler.

helping a friend. he is too shy to chime in..hahah.

If I have time this afternoon I'll remove the front wheels on the Carrera and snap a couple of pics for you.

[Bill Verburg]

Some route thru the trunk some route around the outside of the tub, depends on where the I/O ports on the cooler are

I'd mock up the cooler where it will physically sit, then check for where to run the lines, and for air egress

[Tom '74 911]

Here's a few pics from my stash that helped me. I have a fender mount cooler as well as a front mounted cooler. The first pic of the red car is mine, the second pic shows how to plumb the 2 coolers in series and the third is another from my stash. Hope it helps.
Tom

[Steve@Rennsport]

We usually run the lines under the right rocker (OEM or Aeroquip) for street cars but in some cases on race cars, the lines run inside the car on the floor, either next to the tunnel or right sill for protection.

Make sure your front oil cooler installation permits sufficient air to exit the cooler otherwise it won't be very effective,...

[911pcars]

Originally Posted by Steve@Rennsport

We usually run the lines under the right rocker (OEM or Aeroquip) for street cars but in some cases on race cars, the lines run inside the car on the floor, either next to the tunnel or right sill for protection.

Make sure your front oil cooler installation permits sufficient air to exit the cooler otherwise it won't be very effective,...

Steve is typically right on. However, on some front bumper installs, the backspacing for the cooler will be very tight. It'll depend on the cooling requirements of your particular engine, but on mine (2.7 RS type w/E-cams), the front cooler (Earl's) sits flush with the front bulkhead. Highway and stop and go temps are typically 180-190ºF and never exceed 210ºF.

As with most mods, YMMV.

Sherwood

[juanbenae]

any pics of hose through the trunk area & where the hols had to be drilled?

[Buckterrier]

Originally Posted by 911pcars

Steve is typically right on. However, on some front bumper installs, the backspacing for the cooler will be very tight. It'll depend on the cooling requirements of your particular engine, but on mine (2.7 RS type w/E-cams), the front cooler (Earl's) sits flush with the front bulkhead. Highway and stop and go temps are typically 180-190ºF and never exceed 210ºF.

As with most mods, YMMV.

Sherwood

Mine will go to about 200-205F then the front thermostat opens and it drops back to 185-190F and pretty much stays there.

[Bill Verburg]

Originally Posted by car 311

any pics of hose through the trunk area & where the hols had to be drilled?

here are some pics of typical factory RS/RSR setups from the early '70s

This one happens to be a street legal C3.0RS

[Bill Verburg]

Running the lines through the passenger compartment is usual only on a pure track car

here's a nicely done setup