x0ny

Okay, im new and i've read all the other threads about this subject but it still confuses me. I know I have to get rid of the Banjo nuts on the FC cooler first, then which fittings should I use? the 16mm and 18mm on racing beat? which oil lines should I buy? would the steel braided one on racing beat for GSL-SE work? or would i need to custom fab?

sorry, please don't flame me

64mgb

iTrader: (1)

I don't know much about the SE, but my guess is that you will need to use custom made lines, and the 16mm and 18mm adapters like Racing Beat sells. I doubt that you would be able to mount the FC cooler in exactly the right place to be able to use pre-made lines. Building your own lines is not difficult. I used Aeroquip hose ends and braided line that I bought from hrpworld.com and made my own.

Rich

x0ny

which hose do you recommend using from there? Im really new to this and I don't understand the "-#" in front of the hoses, or the hose end.

64mgb

iTrader: (1)

I guess I lied...I got my stuff from SummitRacing.com. Here are the items I bought:

AER-FCA1006 -10 AN HOSE 6 FT LENGTH
AER-FBM4024 ELBOW #10 45DEG SWIVEL (qty 1)
AER-FBM4034 HOSE END #10 90DEG SWIVEL (qty 2)
AER-FBM4054 SWIVEL#10 150DEG HOSE END (qty 1)

Here's a decent explanation of what the AN means:

http://www.hrpworld.com/client_image...eader/24_1.pdf

I hope this helps! I'm new to it too, so I'm learning as I go.

Rich

85TIIDEVIL

iTrader: (2)

just use the FC lines.. gently bend them into shape to fit and weld mounts on the bar in front of your rad to support the cooler. DONE.

NasaPro7

or, order the mounting kit and lines sold by iscracing.net; as designed for my race car.
Marcus

trochoid

iTrader: (6)

I used the FC hard pipe and banjo bolts and had a hydraulic hose shop make up the hoses for me. They needed to braze on one nipple. Total cost for the lines was about 40 bucks.

64mgb

iTrader: (1)

This looks like an interesting option...I bet they could sell a fair number of these if people knew about them. A little pricy ($145 plus shipping, and another $85 if you want a used oil cooler), but still about what I paid to make my own lines.

Rich

NasaPro7

Agreed, its not perhaps the best budget option, but I can attest to the strength and effectiveness of the mounts..
A bit of history: Mike created the brackets after I took the idea to him, in looking for afacotry cooler for my pro7 (came with water to oil beehive that sucks dogs *****, of course).
These brackets have withstood several off track excursions at or over 80 MPH, one well over 100... as well as some contact that left me with with the bumper cover pushed over 1.5 inches and a destroyed fender. No issues yet.
He doesn't market them much, as he deals in race parts, not street parts per se.

Marcus

full disclaimer: I'm nothing more than happy customer of Mike's.

Rm4TWO

I just had my stock GSL-SE oil cooler repaired the right way. The shop cut off the stock fittings, machined new fittings out of T6 aircraft aluminum, welded them in place then flushed and pressure tested the cooler. The thing is rock solid and I don’t ever have to worry about the fitting cracking again. It wasn’t exactly inexpensive to do (about $150). I could have just repaired the cracks for a lot less but they would have cracked again at some point and for $150 I could have purchased a good stock pre-owned SE oil cooler. But again, it would have cracked at some point. Then of course there’s the FC oil cooler option, which means buying the ISC kit and tossing the SS hoses I just bought or finding everything myself and fabbing or buying the brackets (from ISC). All of which seemed like a lot of work. So for me, this was the best option.

mR.dnA

iTrader: (1)

According to them, this kit interferes with the mounting of the a/c components up front. Of course, on a race car this doesn't matter, but if you're looking to use the kit on a car with a/c, be aware that you'll probably have to do something about moving things around a bit to get everything together properly.

pennyri

Pic on the installation we did are here

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ght=oil+cooler