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

[VaccaRabite]

I'll put pics of mine up tonight. Going to be stupid hot this afternoon (100 and humid - ick) but its going to be the only night this week that I am kidless since Wife and Child are going to the fair.

my issue with this kind of set up:
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in the rear of the car is that you get very little airflow back there to start with. With the cooler set parallel to the rear trunk floor, you are going to get even less. When I did mine, I set it perpendicular to the rear trunk floor to make use of all the air going under the car, and it also has fans. You could not do that with a square unit - not enough ground clearance.

With the fans installed, and the mounting kit, the Setrab cooler that Aircooled.net sells is 13" long, 6" wide and 6" deep. Even so, I still had an interesting time finding some place to mount it the way I wanted it mounted.

All told, I spent about $700 on mine including the thermostat, sandwich adapter, fan switch, cooler with fans, 10 ft of AN-8 hose, AN-8 fittings, and the tooling I needed to make the hoses since I was starting from scratch. it was not a cheap project. However, I am getting 20degrees more cooling out of my set up then the folks who did a parallel mount with a square cooler. In my case where I was seeing oil temps ~240, and can now drive all over and never see higher then ~205 when I am really on it, thats huge and i feel the money was well spent.

YMMV

Zach