External Oil Cooler, let me see some pictures Options

[tradisrad]

I am going to install my 25 row Earls oil cooler over the 4th of july and I am looking for some more ideas, tip and tricks.

I plan on using a wafer adapter to keep my filter in the stock location. I will also install a thermostat and a fan. I will most likely mount it under the rear trunk.

I'd like to see some pictures of what others have done. Experinces on the wafer adapter vs relocating the oil filter and what thermostats are being used. I've seen the Pelican Article.

thanks
-Rob

[campbellcj]

Here is my front cooler setup, built for hot climate track use. The fab work was done by Ottos years ago and it has worked beautifully. Obviously the top shroud piece (cover) is removed in some of the pics. I was fixing a broken rivnut inside the enclosure.

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Front intake - fairly large. I do not have a pic of the exit underneath, but it is sizable.

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Here is the actual cooler, which I purchased from Mazdaspeed Motorsports (used to be MazdaComp) as it fit the dimensions of the Ottos shrouding. Various other companies make similar units of course.

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The thermostat is a Troutman but I don't see a pic handy of that. Here is what the setup looks like from above when all put together. As you can see it occupies a significant portion of the trunk. This works for me since I used that Patrick/FuelSafe cell in the stock location vs. a cell on the trunk floor:

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