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> RX7 oil coolers, do they work?
DanT
post Jan 5 2006, 07:46 PM
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Any one used one on their car and does it work efficiently...especially for a track car? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)
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post Jan 6 2006, 01:19 AM
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Well, just to stir the mud...

I do have a "used" RX7 oilcooler off a Generation 1 RX7. I got the thing at a local pick-a-part for $15 and had it pressure tested and flushed for another $15.

My 2.4 liter handgrenade never gets above 200 degrees. I run 5/8 I.D. jiffy line and the flow is fine for what I need. One of the benefits of the RX7 cooler is the size and shape is an ideal fit for the nose of the car.

I know, I know. I'm going hear bitching about going cheap on a track car. Well, the only way my wife will let me build/race/keep this car is if I do it on the extreme thinnest budget possible.

Believe me, if I had the resources, my car would be built like a jewelled Swiss watch and you could lick the exhaust manifold (OK, I admit it, I do that anyway) but I don't, so it isn't.

The short answer: a used RX7 oil cooler can work if that's all you got (or are willing to pay for.) It's not optimum, but it will work.

Let the flaming begin.
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Dan (Almaden Valley)   RX7 oil coolers   Jan 5 2006, 07:46 PM
SirAndy     Jan 5 2006, 09:00 PM
Mueller     Jan 5 2006, 10:31 PM
Dead Air     Jan 5 2006, 10:36 PM
Mueller   <...   Jan 5 2006, 10:47 PM
Aaron Cox   if you have to cut and weld and ultrasonically cle...   Jan 5 2006, 10:49 PM
brant   Dan, usually the NEW mazda coolers that are used...   Jan 5 2006, 11:03 PM
Dead Air     Jan 5 2006, 11:17 PM
TeamAxisRacing   <...   Jan 5 2006, 11:51 PM
Dan (Almaden Valley)   Thanks Brant, That was the type of info I was look...   Jan 6 2006, 12:27 AM
SirAndy     Jan 6 2006, 04:27 AM
RON S.   I'll give my 2cw. I've had a Mazd...   Jan 6 2006, 06:09 AM
RON S.   Nudder one. R   Jan 6 2006, 06:11 AM
Randal   Dan, Check your SBC e-mail. Randal   Jan 6 2006, 02:21 PM


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