Show me you mounted oil coolers!

[Vogalogue]

I have decided it's probably best to have an oil cooler for the odd trackday that I intend to participate in. -  It's only an old crossflow, but it makes an ace noise and makes me smile!

I figure that it'll be fairly easy to mount a small oil cooler to the radiator, using the radiator brackets to hold it in place, I should be able to make some relatively light weight solid brackets with no welding required...

Has anyone got any pics of their setup to inspire me?

Thanks!

[Steven Thorne]

Here's mine. Sits behind the radiator .

[Kit Car Electronics]

Here is mine on B&Q aluminium angle brackets:

with the lower grill opened:

[CarbonWest - Chris Broster - Bristol & Bath AO]

13 hours ago, Kit Car Electronics said:

Here is mine on B&Q aluminium angle brackets:

with the lower grill opened:

Looks straight forward, but 3 questions if I may?

1-Did you cut the lower grill openings yourself?

2- What about front number plate?

3-Which Oil Cooler did you use? No of Rows v Engine size?

Cheers?

[Kit Car Electronics]

6 hours ago, CeeBee said:

Looks straight forward, but 3 questions if I may?

1-Did you cut the lower grill openings yourself?

2- What about front number plate?

3-Which Oil Cooler did you use? No of Rows v Engine size?

Cheers?

1) yes, I used a Dremel disc to get close, then a Dremel drum sander to finish off. I've now added some grill behind

2) I use a stick-on one on the nose cone

3) Mocal 13-row for my 2.0l Zetec. I also have an 80C oil stat and the sump oil comes up to 80C even on a cold day. On track, my oil has reduced from >130C to <105C

The brackets are attached to rivnuts in the chassis front end, with a bit of rubber fuel hose on the bolts for isolation (the blue bits in the photo)

[Geezergs]

Mines and 18 row Hell with Mocol thermostat at 82 deg C on my Turbo Mazda MX5 1.8