Oil Cooler swap
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Oil Cooler swap
I know this has been gone over before, but I need more info. I want to put the air to oil oil cooler from an SA into my 83 which has the water to oil oil cooler. What should I grab from the junk yard when I go to get this setup? Anyone have any detailed pics on how to do this? My current oil cooler is leaking bad and I figured I might as well upgrade while I'm at it and my local yard has an SA with the complete oil cooler in it (I think) TIA
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Driven a turbo FB lately?
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Oil filter pedestial, the oil cooler line ( i would recommend having new ones) and the oil cooler.
The water line exiting the block below it will need to be chopped off so its just a pipe sticking out that doesnt do the T. Also I beileve the water line is differemt, it has a T in it at the firewall..
The water line exiting the block below it will need to be chopped off so its just a pipe sticking out that doesnt do the T. Also I beileve the water line is differemt, it has a T in it at the firewall..
#3
Tennis, anyone
when you go,,id'e say look for an 86 2ed gen A to O.
oil cooler.everything else would be 1st gen stuff.
ar'nt the 2ed gens coolers larger then a 1st gens ???
i think so..
oil cooler.everything else would be 1st gen stuff.
ar'nt the 2ed gens coolers larger then a 1st gens ???
i think so..
#4
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If you want to mount it directly below the radiator just like the SA then you'll need to grab the radiator from the SA too. The SA's radiator isn't as tall as the FB and the Air/Oil cooler mounts up on the bottom of it. Otherwise, you'll need to find a creative place to mount it and then you'll probably need custom braided oil lines.
#5
Hmmm, since I'm going to be installing the IMSA air dam (thanks Mike) I could mount the oil cooler right up front and make it look like and intercooler. Hmmmm, yea I'm gonna do that. So Mike, basically all I need are the cooler and pedestal right? I'll get new lines, wouldn't trust the old ones. Will the stock oil pump be OK? Thanks
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Originally posted by 82transam
How much do you firgure a second gen setup would go for? Also, did they switch back to the air/oil cooler in 86 or was it later than that? Also what year did they start putting the water/oil cooler in? It was 83 right? Thanks
How much do you firgure a second gen setup would go for? Also, did they switch back to the air/oil cooler in 86 or was it later than that? Also what year did they start putting the water/oil cooler in? It was 83 right? Thanks
I got my 2nd gen oil cooler from Kevin Landers, for $25 He's on this forum, very honest guy to deal with, its like hyntyx in here or something weird...
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You got both the cooler and filter pedestal for $25? yea Kevin is a good guy I just bought a 2nd gen fuse block from him. Nice to work with I'll have to drop him a line. will the Fiilter pedestal from a 2nd gen fit on a 12a first gen? Thanks for all the help.
#13
Super Newbie
Filter pedestals all interchange. Some are just different heights.
FWIW, I have an FC oil cooler mounted up against my air dam's inlet, and the Mazdatrix stainless steel oil lines for the FC fit it.
FWIW, I have an FC oil cooler mounted up against my air dam's inlet, and the Mazdatrix stainless steel oil lines for the FC fit it.
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OK cool, the only reason I asked is because the thermostat for the fan will be on the ragiator and will only kick on when the water gets hot. So I thought that maybe the oil would get too hot as a result of the fan not always being on. Hmmm, I guess it wouldn't though becuase the only time you'd have to worry is in traffic and the fan would probably be on a lot there anyway. thanks, later.
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Originally posted by 82transam
You got both the cooler and filter pedestal for $25? yea Kevin is a good guy I just bought a 2nd gen fuse block from him. Nice to work with I'll have to drop him a line. will the Fiilter pedestal from a 2nd gen fit on a 12a first gen? Thanks for all the help.
You got both the cooler and filter pedestal for $25? yea Kevin is a good guy I just bought a 2nd gen fuse block from him. Nice to work with I'll have to drop him a line. will the Fiilter pedestal from a 2nd gen fit on a 12a first gen? Thanks for all the help.
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Can one remove the thermostatic pellet form the 2nd generation oil cooler???
Will the 2nd gen oil cooler fit easily into the SE type bracket on my 1985?
I'd much like to use a T2 oil cooler as it's the biggest... No such thing as too much cooling on a rotary.
Will the 2nd gen oil cooler fit easily into the SE type bracket on my 1985?
I'd much like to use a T2 oil cooler as it's the biggest... No such thing as too much cooling on a rotary.
#19
Old [Sch|F]ool
All air oil coolers have a thermostatic bypass in them. It's a thermostat for the oil, without it the oil would never warm up.
The thermopellet on the 2nd-gens is in the eccentric shaft, and cuts oil cooling to the rotors until the engine warms up.
The "PROPER" way to do the swap has you getting the early oil cooler, radiator, fan shroud, oil hoses, oil filter tower (don't forget the 2 new o-rings), the heater core to radiator pipe, and the early style engine-to-heater core hose. (To be **** you should also replace the tee in the rear housing with a straight fitting, but that's just overboard ) I grabbed all of that from the '80 for the swap into the '85. The heater pipe isn't THAT necessary, you can just cap off the one fitting on it, and likewise you can make do with the later engine to heater core hose and just cap off the other fitting on the engine, but that style hose is a bastard to get to the clamp compared to the later one.
The thermopellet on the 2nd-gens is in the eccentric shaft, and cuts oil cooling to the rotors until the engine warms up.
The "PROPER" way to do the swap has you getting the early oil cooler, radiator, fan shroud, oil hoses, oil filter tower (don't forget the 2 new o-rings), the heater core to radiator pipe, and the early style engine-to-heater core hose. (To be **** you should also replace the tee in the rear housing with a straight fitting, but that's just overboard ) I grabbed all of that from the '80 for the swap into the '85. The heater pipe isn't THAT necessary, you can just cap off the one fitting on it, and likewise you can make do with the later engine to heater core hose and just cap off the other fitting on the engine, but that style hose is a bastard to get to the clamp compared to the later one.
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Super Newbie
The thermopellets are a dumb idea on the FC's. (Mazda had a dumb idea? What a shock! ) I always either had to shim mine or put a bypass plug in it because they never worked.
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