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Originally Posted by Maximal
Agreed, that's the trade off with front mount stuff. If you throw an oil cooler in there that blocks the radiator you might be no better off or have to upgrade your coolant system to make up for it.
The other option is mounting it behind one of the fog light mounts and build some ducting to go to a cooler back there. The question is just how big of a cooler can you fit back there.
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You just can't get enough airflow there, and the wheel well is a high pressure zone, so the net airflow is rather low. Without some creative (exit) ducting, the front bumper opening is still the best spot.
For reference, the Greddy oil cooler works exceptionally well, but it's by far the most expensive kit I've seen on the market, with a retail of $1200.
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sw20kosh: We got the temps rock solid stabile, finally, on @
ImperiousRex's car. I don't think we've ever seen over 235F, even in 110F ambient weather.
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Maximal: the car in question with the Greddy oil cooler also has a Greddy turbo kit, which just COOKS oil.
The Jackson Racing oil cooler setup that we use on our car uses a 9 series 15 row Setrab core, which offers slight more cooling capacity than a 6 series 19 row cooler.