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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0
Sure, a side mount oil cooler is fine, but if someone wanted to see a benefit then they might want to make sure airflow to the cooler is adequate to equal to a front mount and that the air has an escape path or pressure will just build. Of course a side mount setup will block an access area for the brake ducts or may push dirty air onto them. The bumper might need to be significantly modified to accommodate the cooler too. Expense will depend on the lengths the OP wants to go to make it a successful modification.
But this isn’t just an oil cooler dilemma: the intercooler is blocking the radiator still. Need to do a V-mount, except now the veins aren’t parallel to the air, so flow is mildly impeded. The larger the exchangers, the more aggressive the angle on the V-mount. So many dilemmas to consider for structural supports, cooler sizes, channeling the air, venting the air, etc.
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Who said anything about needing brake ducts?
Is having an oil cooler in front of the intercooler make the intercooler hotter or colder? Even if by only 1 degree?
If it does make the intercooler hotter even by only 1 degree and moving the oil cooler behind fog light DOESN’T result in the oil getting too hot. Then there is zero downside. Considering it is zero extra work or money to set it up behind the fog light vs in front of intercooler it seems like a no brainer.