front mount oil cooler

[bartplcking]

thanks what size should the cooler be if i plan on removing the doghouse cooler and is a oil thermostat needed?

[Steve C]

Hi

I used a Mazda one on a 1641 and worked fine. I also used 16 row Sereck on a high reving 1600 rally car and on a 2.1 WBX I used fairly large cooler with a Sereck thermostat. Warm oil is important so you will need a thermostat.

Steve

[LLVWGL]

Originally Posted by bartplcking

thanks what size should the cooler be if i plan on removing the doghouse cooler and is a oil thermostat needed?

One important thing is that you do not oversize the cooler. I have a 90 pass Mesa cooler mounted between the bottom of the front bumper and the frame head ( I cut the apron). Let me tell you, even on the 116deg day that i test drove it, the oil didn't get to operating temp. Most likely my thermostat is broken. But I can attest to the tremendous cooling power of a front mount. I used .5 OD aluminum tubing for the main sections with a few rubber joints in between.



Does anyone know the correct connections for the CB Oil thermostat???

[petevw]

I was running a 96-plate Mesa in between there on my '72. Motor was drysumped with 3/4 lines running to the front by way of the passenger running board. The cooler has a slight "bend" to it. Same radius as the spare tire well. Worked well for me.

[Sandeep]

I'm using the RX7 cooler up front with -8 AN lines to my drysump tank. The oil takes about 20 mins to come up to operating temp (180F) and the datalogger with a probe in the DS tank registers between 180F and 190F during a really hard drive in 35c weather.

Works for me.

Sandeep