Dave, good luck with the install, hope it is ready for Saturday. :agree:

I got it apart and cleaned when I woke up today. I will have to pick up some bracket material for the fans and mounting brackets. I also need to test the thermostat.

I picked up some bracket stock and tested the RX7 cooler thermostat(checks good). I also took apart the old fan brackets so when I get up tomorrow I will start the fab./installation/electrical. Then try to get some road time to test it all. Then I still have to clean the car up, it is kind-a nasty right now.

Glad to hear everything sounds to be working out. :agree:

Mike

Dave,
Your car kinda nasty looks better than most at their best

Well the cooler is in and it seems to be cooling great. As we(Boygenius and I) were driving thru Stockbridge we lubricated the aft drivers underside of the car and a short section of hwy 138 when the line to the cooler blew off. The lines to the RX7 cooler are slightly larger than 1/2" so after a trip to the 24 hr. Auto Zone with no joy we will try to find a pair of 5/8 barbed fittings to properly connect the RX7 lines to the rest of the system at Home Depot in the morning. If I can't find then I will be up in the Beater Bug.

Dave, after I made that post about coming over I didn't check for your response, I went to bed. and I didn't realize how far you were from the show or I would have planned to leave sooner, like thursday morning :rolleyes: The Wellesley Inn was great. fridge, stove, dishes... like a mini apartment, for the night. I would have liked to come help. I'll plan better next time, hopefully you won't be needing the help. but if so, I'll be there. :agree:

Mike

Don't worry about it Mike. I had plenty of help. Just needed the right parts. I could have had 50 people here and the out come would have been the same. I should have had the thing in a day earlyer but I had to work.

did you have any RUDE neighbors asking you to stop all the loud noise after midnight? :D if not great neighbor hood! ;) Zen needs to get into a place like that! :laugh:

I understand you needed the right parts, to do the job right, but I still would have liked to help, and hang out too. Maybe next time. :cool:

Mike

:p haven't seen the guy since either.

Nope, no bitchy nieghbors. But the "High Pressure Line and Fitting Ferry" didn't visit us either. I like out in the sticks compared to Zen.
You are welcome to come by and help out any time Mike. I had plenty of Brats, chips, beer and 10W40 to go around. :laugh:

I'm not sure about the beer, but the rest sounds good. :cool: Thanks for the offer. I can't wait till I can take you up on it, if I lived closer I'd try to help with the 901 install, concidering I'll be doing the same thing sooner or later.

Mike

The Volvo coolers blew! Jess, how much oil pressure are you running there?

Dang, sorry about that. I thought those coolers were the cats meow for a Beetle install. I wonder if the Volvos have some pressure limiter before the cooler that I am unaware of, or thermovalve where they do not get a jolt of cold thick oil?

The RX-7 coolers are great. I got my adapters from www.mazdatrix.com for the 10AN lines. Not cheap fittings but the only game in town that I know of. The problem is mounting the huge thing in a Beetle.

Good Luck Dave!

I didn't think $9.50 each is bad if you figure out what it would cost to get some fittings TIG welded in place.