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| Tdskip |
 May 15 2021, 04:32 PM
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Hi folks - just doing some planning here for 3.2L build and it looks like most of the front oil cooler installations end up cutting the factory bracing extends from either side of the car near the headlights to under the front latch.
The Patrick Motorsports kit from the shapes in the kit seem to presume that but I wanted to ask what most people end up doing. Some recent big$ sales on BAT took the cut/remove approach but I’m a bit reluctant to dive in with the cutting disks. Example picture attached Thanks!  |
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| Chris914n6 |
May 19 2021, 02:38 PM
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Jackstands are my life. Group: Members Posts: 3,512 Joined: 14-March 03 From: Las Vegas, NV Member No.: 431 Region Association: Southwest Region |
The bracing was added along with the bumper 'tits' to accommodate new impact bumper regs.
The 75-76 BUBS don't have that brace. Different reinforcements were added for the bumper shocks. |
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Tdskip /6 front oil cooler installations cut the front bracing? May 15 2021, 04:32 PM
Chris914n6 So you have a 73 or 74 which has the added reinfor... May 15 2021, 05:44 PM SirAndy Early cars didn't have the cross brace.
Stup... May 15 2021, 06:00 PM
Tdskip
Early cars didn't have the cross brace.
Stu... May 15 2021, 10:11 PM SirAndy
Andy! the 3.2L in the 911 needed a front cool... May 16 2021, 01:09 PM Steve The 3.2 did run cooler than my 2.7 did. The only ... May 15 2021, 11:29 PM mb911 This is how I did mine. Remember I have an rsr siz... May 16 2021, 07:06 AM arbitrary The guy who is Classic Retrofit, maker of blade fu... May 16 2021, 10:27 AM sixnotfour
The guy who is Classic Retrofit, maker of blade f... May 16 2021, 05:11 PM mate914
Is this what your looking for? May 16 2021, 10:47 AM live free & drive I had the area reinforced pretty close to AJ... May 16 2021, 11:21 AM Tdskip Sounds like the consensus is that the factory pane... May 16 2021, 04:07 PM Montreal914
Sounds like the consensus is that the factory pan... May 16 2021, 04:29 PM Cairo94507 I have the PMS oil cooler in the front of my car a... May 16 2021, 04:14 PM Tdskip Just to be clear, I’m asking about this in red.
... May 16 2021, 05:51 PM mate914
Just to be clear, I’m asking about this in red.... May 17 2021, 05:57 AM Steve AFAIK the PMS cooler fits under there. May 17 2021, 07:55 AM Mark Henry
AFAIK the PMS cooler fits under there.
The the ... May 17 2021, 09:08 AM Maltese Falcon I've used the Mazda RX4 coolers on a couple 91... May 17 2021, 10:02 PM Tdskip Thanks for all the responses and I’m going discu... May 18 2021, 07:55 AM Montreal914 @Tdskip
Reviving this thread wondering what you ... Jan 10 2026, 12:48 PM Tdskip My build ended yesterday with a 2.4l which hasn’... Jan 11 2026, 07:04 AM Montreal914 Makes sense. Thank you. Jan 11 2026, 09:54 AM |
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