eman930

Ok, So for the past 2 nights I have been out in my garage trying to figure out were the hell to put this external oil cooler. I swapped my factory internal cooler for a 951 housing and external cooler, But I cant seem to find a place to install it, SO then I did the stupid thing and went and got a RX7 oil cooler (longer and thin) But I cant find a place to put that, Seems to be too long, It wont fit in front of the rad or under the header panel. SO Now Im sitting here with 2 coolers and still trying to figure out how to mount?? Please PLEASE PLEASE post pics of your external coolers, I dont care if its factory or aftermarket, I need ideas , This is just about the last thing holdin me up from finishing this build. Any help or info would be great.

David Floyd

Search under RX7 oil cooler and Josh B

eman930

Yea Thats what I figured, Looks like it will work on a 951 easy as hell, But the 924S valance is in the way, and you can only see like half the rad.

David Floyd

Is your valance not removeable, to give working room ?

My 25 row Mocal

Skip Wolfe

Don't know if this will help much with your setup, but here are a couple shots of my dual cooler set-up on the 951 - they sit behind the fog light openings.

mj951

another option from a 951,
similar to Skip's above but for the slots just below the fog lights.
Brake ducts will need to move to fog light slots with AIR cooling ducts or something similar or you can use the 968 style brake cooling ducts.

josephsc

Not very slick, but this is my Earl's Oil Cooler mounted smack-dab in front of the radiator of a 944na front-end.

Spidey944

mj951: that looks like a very clean install. Yours?

mj951

Spidey, yep thats mine, last years winter project.
Bought line/fittings/coolers from BAT and bent up the ducting.
This install requires moving the OEM brake cooling ducts, which I relocated using AIR's fog light slot cooling ducts and requires moving the power steering cooling line. I almost went PS delete but decided to hang on to that for a while yet and used another small cooler for PS mounted in front of the radiator.

924RACR

My setup is like Skip's, but on the 924 body. It gets air from the under the bumper area, above the front valance. Of course, if you really want it nice, I'll sell you a 931 front lower valance with the appropriate grilles for the oil cooler (like the 931 came with stock). But it's a bit wrinkled and will need repair/straightening/paint to be used.

There are some so-so photos here that give some idea where the cooler is mounted; easiest to see with the front bumper off. Might get a pic today.
http://vaughanscott.com/construction.htm#OIL%20COOLER

Not a great pic, but this shows the 931 front lower valance:

eman930

Got any better pics of the valance??? I went as far as removing my washer tank and still its not a good place, I was thinink of using the Mocal cooler the lindsey Racing sells