skets
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- Location
- Atlanta, GA
- Car(s)
- MK7 Golf R
Why not mount the oil cooler horizontally? Then you could reduce the frontal area of the duct and still achieve airflow to the oil cooler while maximizing airflow to the cooling stack.
I don't even have an oil cooler and I'm really feeling like my Mishimoto IC isn't cooling like it should. These cars just weren't designed to be tracked.
I think the main issue is that our IC is located behind the AC condenser and everything else... mayor design flaw in my opinion for a "sports" car, just like on the S3. They fixed it for the RS3... and as far as I know all the other S RS vehicles have a FMIC, so that may be one of the problems.
On a side note, I seen a few water to air IC on MK6s, has no one tried this on the MK7? It would be way easier to use the intercooler delete brackets from ECS and fab up a mount for a big heat exchanger radiator which will nullify heat soak. This is what Nelson is doing on his 2000+ LS engines with a small water to air intercooler inside the intake manifold.
Why not mount the oil cooler horizontally? Then you could reduce the frontal area of the duct and still achieve airflow to the oil cooler while maximizing airflow to the cooling stack.
As @DerHase mentioned there simply isnt space for a large enough cooler. you have maybe 4" maximum between the grill and the radiator stack.Why not mount the oil cooler horizontally? Then you could reduce the frontal area of the duct and still achieve airflow to the oil cooler while maximizing airflow to the cooling stack.
Erector set!
Add to cart. On the list for winter upgrades, ty vm!As promised here are the links to the files, notes, and license. You are free to use, modify, adapt, or pretty much do whatever you want with them provided you do not commercialize the files or any derivative. These are public to help the community, not make a buck.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OXTLfGwV5XB--qQ17hhDEKUmlWLXUMwE?usp=drive_link
0.063" 5052 Aluminum is recommended. I had them made through https://sendcutsend.com/ and it cost about $95 cut, bent, deburred, and shipped (as of 08/23).
uses 3/32 x 1/4 rivets to attach the pieces together.
The Iabed kit comes with an inline Mocal 180°f Thermostat. the kit replaces and eliminates the factory oil/water heat exchanger and does not touch the oil filter housing. I have modifed mine, as @DerHase mentioned, to have -10AN line for both feed and return.Great, it's worth putting that on the first page of this thread so it's easy to find too.
Is this plate thermostatic? I don't see any mention of it on product pages.