Oil cooler setups..

[Auss15]

If you put it in the left hand guard you will have to move the washer bottle sideways to get it in.

 

[LuPix_S15]

You shouldn't have to move the washer bottle - well, I didn't have to:

Just make sure the unions that connect to the thermo plate is very secure - this is the point where leaking is most likely to occur!!

James

 

[craig8585]

Cool, thank you for those pics James, thats exactly what i was looking for..

 

[_Wing_]

might be hard to mount it like the pics above if your FMIC piping goes the traditional path, coming out the bottom of the core and up through the battery tray

 

[LuPix_S15]

^^^^ very true!! I forgot to mention that lol... that's one of the benefits of having the Apex Type 2 using a more 'traditional' routing for the cooler pipes

TBH I don't think there's too much to worry about in terms of flow cos this car isn't quite a 'high power' application... yet!!

 

[DeanS15]

i'm bored at work mate so i just knocked this up - when i was considering fitting an oil cooler with my apex type 1 cooler (before i knew i wouldnt need it) this was how it was going to fit. you would need to fit a small washer bottle and move the hoses to the engine bay or wherever you would want it. the cold pipe is not shown but theres plenty of room behind it for a 19 row mounted lengthways and plenty of places to mount the brackets to, most notably the old mounting points for the washer bottle

 

[craig8585]

Oh yeah, I forgot about the intercooler pipes! I'll probably end up buying the Mocal 19 row cooler first, and spend some time geting it to fit properly in a good location. Then get some custom length pipes made up to fit it to a thermostatic plate.

What size thread is required for the sandwich plate? M20??

 

[DeanS15]

oil filter fitting on sr20 is m20x1.5 mate

 

[craig8585]

Cool, thank you Dean

 

[Auss15]

might be hard to mount it like the pics above if your FMIC piping goes the traditional path, coming out the bottom of the core and up through the battery tray

Thats why I made mention of relocating the washer bottle

 

[craig8585]

Dont you normally have to get a smaller washer bottle or relocate it when installing a FMIC? Apex used to do a smaller washer bottle but I cant find one on their site anymore.

 

[DeanS15]

if you fit the type 1 you just turn the washer around, the one apex used to sell was about 25-00 and i had one and sold it because i didnt need it. it is basically the same as this one on ebay, you just need to either join the two hoses together to squirt the front and rear at the same time or just connect the front one up and extend and re-crimp the wires for the front pump onto the new one