Mid-installation of a front center mounted oil cooler to fit behind an IROC bumper (GT Style Oil cooler from PMB Performance). Oil lines from cooler to hard lines in rt front fender are pending delivery. I fabricated bracketing from USA made aluminum 1” strip from LHW. It is solidly held in place. Utilized vibration dampening attachment points (vibration isolator mounts Belmetric; M6 25mm OD, 15mm rubber) on the cooler itself, and also on the bottom and center mounts to the car. Used red LocTite on the nuts.
Feedback from any Pelicans with similar experience installing such a cooler is welcomed – if any obvious issues with how I did this (aesthetics aside), would be thankful for any tips to improve. NOTE: oil has NOT been drained from the engine. When I removed the right front fender installed cooler, about 100-150 mls of oil was spilled/caught.
QUESTION: when I have the oil lines installed, is it OK to just fire the engine and allow oil to equilibrate in the new circulation as engine is warmed to operating temperature?
