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.

[jhadler]

QUOTE (joseph222 @ Jul 14 2005, 09:15 PM)

Am I  just taking an overly cautious attitude? I've heard over and over that 220 is the max operating temp and anything over that shortens engine life. And that excessive heat is what kills these engines. Is this not true?

Not really. You -want- the oil to get up to 212 or so to boil off any adsorbed water vapor in the oil. And a little higher than that is just fine. Keep in mind that most "common wisdom" that out there in automobile land is dealing with water pumpers. Where there is a large volume of liquid coolant to pull heat away from the oil. For us, the oil -is- the coolant. Well, that and the air... But for the air cooled motors, temps of 220 are just fine.

Save the money for a set of Koni's and enjoy the drive! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

Brant, I'll give the "hangin' in the breeze" concept some thought. Gotta see if it'd be legal for me to cut holes in the grille...

Thing is, I have to retain the rain tray (darn -rules- (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif) ), so it would have to mount somewhere else besides under the grille when inside the engine bay...

-Josh2