thinking about an oil cooler, general questions Options

[shaggy]

how much will an oil cooler help me?
im running a stock 1.7 now, but id really like to bore it out

how big of an oil cooler should i get?

will it still work if i have an oil bath air filter?

i have an a/c condenser in the front trunk does anyone have any idea if i could just drop that thing and bolt in an oil cooler?

cuz then i think i could still have a full spare and i know thats alot of my front end crash protection

if i could do that could i run the oil lines through the same lines fro the ac? if not can i run 'em under the car instead of through the cabin?
id really like the car to appear stock but not be (i.e. bir bore, possibly brakes, better shocks and id like an oil cooler)

[Mueller]

just so you know, your car already has a built in oil-cooler installed on the engine.....(under the tin near the distributor)

the best route to take fixing up your car for improving it is in my opinion:

good brakes 1st (stock brakes work great for most applications, bigger brakes for most people are just for bragging to your buddies that don't know any better)

get the suspension fine tuned, what good is a bunch of HP if the car handles terrible (shocks, swaybar(s), good/proper alignment...decent brand tires in the correct size mounted on the correct size rims)

as for the engine, just get it running as perfect as you can....don't get hung up too much on the size of the motor or HP rating (or lack of), fix/upgrade the other stuff 1st and then when you have at least a grand, you can start looking at upgrading the engine

yes, the lines can be run on the side of the car under the rocker panels if you are carefull with the routing.

to put a cooler up front, you are looking at about $300 unless you get real luckly...and yes, keep the spare tire up front, it might save your life one day....