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ppickerell
post May 22 2006, 10:33 PM
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Looks like my mildish 2.0/4 rebuild will require front oil cooling despite the many threads from 6 guys who run at 210 all day through the mojave with stock coolers. I was looking at getty 916 bumpers and their other offerings most of which I do not like. I am looking for pix of front mount oil coolers done with stock 73/early bumpers if such a thing exists. I have a rather large hole cut in my trunk for missing AC. It would be great to mount here. Can I pick up enough air flow mounted horizontal in this location?
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Aaron Cox
post May 22 2006, 10:37 PM
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get a FG GT bumper and FG GT valence....

makes about a 5" tall opening..... plenty of cooling.

me - i am just using the GT valence... which gives about a 2" opening.

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post May 22 2006, 10:45 PM
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QUOTE(Aaron Cox @ May 22 2006, 09:37 PM) *

get a FG GT bumper and FG GT valence....

makes about a 5" tall opening..... plenty of cooling.

me - i am just using the GT valence... which gives about a 2" opening.

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Are you referring to the Getty GT stuff?
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post May 22 2006, 10:47 PM
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QUOTE(ppickerell @ May 22 2006, 09:45 PM) *

QUOTE(Aaron Cox @ May 22 2006, 09:37 PM) *

get a FG GT bumper and FG GT valence....

makes about a 5" tall opening..... plenty of cooling.

me - i am just using the GT valence... which gives about a 2" opening.

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Are you referring to the Getty GT stuff?


ANY fiberglass GT bumper and GT valence....

getty just makes the best stuff....
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post May 22 2006, 10:48 PM
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ala this....


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post May 22 2006, 11:06 PM
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Patrick, I bet good money that just putting the oil cooler in place without actually cutting air holes will be sufficient. I'd go that route first.
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I would also love to see some temp reading taken directly from your on-engine oil cooler to see if it's getting flow or not.
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post May 22 2006, 11:12 PM
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QUOTE(McMark @ May 22 2006, 10:06 PM) *

Patrick, I bet good money that just putting the oil cooler in place without actually cutting air holes will be sufficient. I'd go that route first.



McMark, Are you talking about mounting an oil cooler where his a/c was?
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post May 22 2006, 11:16 PM
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QUOTE(Lou W @ May 22 2006, 10:12 PM) *

QUOTE(McMark @ May 22 2006, 10:06 PM) *

Patrick, I bet good money that just putting the oil cooler in place without actually cutting air holes will be sufficient. I'd go that route first.



McMark, Are you talking about mounting an oil cooler where his a/c was?


i think he talking about using the "body" plugs that are behind the bumper/valence
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post May 22 2006, 11:17 PM
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Even if Patrick didn't have a giant hole in the trunk I expect an oil cooler would do the job he needs just fine. The fact that he does have extra air flow is just bonus.
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post May 22 2006, 11:17 PM
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This is my 25 row oil cooler mounted in the floor of the front trunk. It is mounted with a 1600 cfm fan blowing thru the cooler and out the bottom of the trunk.


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post May 22 2006, 11:18 PM
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QUOTE(Lou W @ May 22 2006, 10:12 PM) *

QUOTE(McMark @ May 22 2006, 10:06 PM) *

Patrick, I bet good money that just putting the oil cooler in place without actually cutting air holes will be sufficient. I'd go that route first.



McMark, Are you talking about mounting an oil cooler where his a/c was?


I seem to remember pix of an ac hole (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bootyshake.gif) mount. Anyone? When I get the car back (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) this week I will (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif) shoot some temps.
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post May 22 2006, 11:19 PM
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No Aaron. Just having the oil far away from a heat source for that long amount of time would be sufficient for the small amount of cooling Patrick needs. I expect he could put a cooler in a completely sealed trunk and get sufficient cooling for his needs.
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post May 22 2006, 11:20 PM
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QUOTE(Dan (Almaden Valley) @ May 22 2006, 10:17 PM) *

This is my 25 row oil cooler mounted in the floor of the front trunk. It is mounted with a 1600 cfm fan blowing thru the cooler and out the bottom of the trunk.


Dan,
Nice, does it use a thermostat or is the fan always on? Is the fan mandatory?
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post May 22 2006, 11:20 PM
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QUOTE(McMark @ May 22 2006, 10:19 PM) *

No Aaron. Just having the oil far away from a heat source for that long amount of time would be sufficient for the small amount of cooling Patrick needs. I expect he could put a cooler in a completely sealed trunk and get sufficient cooling for his needs.



ahh.. yeah.
look at 911's.... most of the cooling was done by the lines... and not by the goofy trombone cooler.

if in fact he just needs marginal cooling, then yeah, i agree... 20 feet of line might do it....
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post May 22 2006, 11:23 PM
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floor of trunk with 15 holes of 1.5 inch diameter...this would more or less correspond to the hole in your trunk floor from the A/C


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Holes in valence correspond to holes in front bulk head from factory, just remove the rubber grommets.
Fan is on the fog light switch wiring. rewired switch so it is hot when ignition is on. works great.
Thermostat for oil circuit is housed in Mocal thermostatic sandwich plate mounted between engine block and oil filter.


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post May 23 2006, 10:01 AM
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I've had good success with adding a 'splitter' to my front spoiler along with a cutout on the front bumper

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Didn't get enough air through the cooler until I added the 'splitter' for force the air through
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post May 23 2006, 10:16 AM
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Any AC hole mounts sans fan and stock bumpers??
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post May 23 2006, 10:27 AM
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Patrick, please do not install a 916 front bumper on that car, if you do, I might be forced to "pee" in your EDM tank (with power turned off of course)

I dig the GT look !!!!!
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