Need Advice - Best Location for Oil Cooler, Passenger rear fender well???? Options

[Joseph Mills]

I have a 2"X5"X12" oil cooler. With the 2 computer fans mounted the total thickness will be about 4.5"

Initially I was planing on mounting the unit under the trunk on the passenger side as many others have done.

It was suggested to mount it in the forward section of the rear fender well.

While mounting my race tires recently I took a good look at the space and there is a ton of room in the forward section of the fender well.

Doesn't Porsche mount some of their oil coolers in the same spot?

I would be really interested in hearing the pros and cons of this location.

[ArtechnikA]

QUOTE (joseph222 @ Jul 14 2005, 02:38 PM)

Doesn't Porsche mount some of their oil coolers in the same spot?

not really...

okay - the 911RSR had a transmission cooler in this location -- but it had big entrance and exhaust ducts...

'72 911's have the oil tank in that location (and the 914.6 has the tank on the oher side, still forward side of rear fenderwell). this area doesn't get much airflow but it does get a constant spray of dirt and grit coming off the tires.

the forward edge of the FRONT fenderwell works ok, because it's in the airstream. even so, those coolers typically need a gravel shield to keep them from being sandblasted from debris from the front tires - especially the actual radiator coolers - not as much the trombone "coolers" but they're basically just pipes to return the oil to the engine through the hardlines (that actually do the cooling...)

space or no space - i donno if there's a worse place for a cooler except maybe right behind the engine, next to the transmission, and over the exhaust (which i've seen...).