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.

[brant]

Josh,

Nice avatar.. I love it.

so I've sung this story over and over, but nobody listens.

I'm in the frontal air camp.
and I once saw the perfect set up for your application
t'was a colorado Drivers ed car.

guy drove to the track and the cooler was mounted inside the engine lid
now before people reply about the location dumping hot air into the intake let me finish.......

car owner opened the engine lid and quickly disconnected the cooler.
cooler was mounted to a nice bracket.
cooler lines came through the little 6inch side grill on the side of the engine lid....
guy lifted the cooler up and used the factory ski rack 3 bolts (under the targa bar on the passenger side) to screw in his fancy bracket.

cooler stood just up over the roof and straight into the frontal airflow.

t'wasn't as pretty as some set ups, but totally functional.
short lines
no frontal weight
frontal air.
simple.

when he was done he hooked it back down to the engine lid and drove home.

I can't say what oil pump he used.
Only bad of it, would be that a TINY bit of weight would move upward.
but the trade off would be effective cooling....

enough rambling
brant