pr0digy

Looking to build my own steel braided oil cooler lines. Racing Beat/Mazdatrix units will not work for me, as I need a different length.

I'm just wondering if anyone has the correct sizes of the adapter fittings needed on the oil cooler itself? Before anyone tells me to search, I did.

I will be using -10AN hoses, and searching already yielded the following info: The front cover is 16mm. The rear housing is 18mm.

What size ar ethe holes on the oil cooler? 16mm???

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

RotaryEvolution

iTrader: (30)

take your stock lines to a hose shop and have them fit some SS hydraulic lines to them.

don't try this yourself, the lines need to carry high pressure and without a proper crimp fitting they may pop off and kick your motor to the curb.

so please take my advice and do it the right way... i hate seeing rotaries abused and left for dead.


if you want to go for the bling factor of anodized lines then do your homework and be sure the hoses are pre-crimped and threaded and are made to carry oil at 200+ PSI. (yes i know this is more than the system will do but generally you want to double pressure ratings for safety)

pr0digy

Yes, thank you for the word of caution, but i still need to know what size the fittings are. And for the record I am NOT doing it for the "bling factor", please don't make assumptions when you know nothing of the car or owner.

RotaryEvolution

iTrader: (30)

-an lines are expensive so it is an easy assumption to make and i apologize if it offended you..

the stock lines work just fine but the rubber deteriorates over time, the metal lines however do not. save the money and just have them rebuilt or buy some SS lines from mazdatrix for $120.

pr0digy

They also happen to be banjo fittings, which don't flow as well as -an fittings. Since I am running increased oil pressure (90psi), I'd like to have some lines that flow better, and as I already stated the Mazdatrix lines will not work for my application as they're an incorrect length, so one would draw the conclusion that the stock ones will be an incorrect length as well, no? Please, if you can't answer the question, don't reply.

RotaryEvolution

iTrader: (30)

i missed the part about them needing to be a different length, you could always still lengthen them.


btw, screw off. i was just offering a possible solution.

cya

pr0digy

All you were offering was criticism, but thanks anyways.

RotaryEvolution

iTrader: (30)

if all i wanted to do was criticize you i could have done better or not wasted my time.

out for real this time.

RotaryEvolution

iTrader: (30)

up so the guy can get the answer.

HAILERS

IF you visit the MAZDATRIX site they sell the AN fitting for the rear housing and the oil cooler. You didn't look in the right section.

You might try looking at http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/ for oil lines and fittings. They have all the parts for making your own lines.

That was and is a simple minded attitude you took about KARACK's remarks.

YearsOfDecay

I ordered the adapters off Mazdatrix along with some other parts and then got the -An fittings and 6 feet of hose of summit (I always use the summit brand braided hose.. looks just as good, last just as long, will hold up just as well!!!)

there are two different fittings.. the front cover is the odd ball, the three others are the same for an FC.

I moved my oil cooler around a littel bit too to make room for the IC pipes and couldn't use the Pre-made ones either..

Aaron Cake

iTrader: (1)

Check the archives. There's an oil cooler line post that lists all the adapters required.

I just recently bought them from Mazdatrix. They're just standard metric - AN adapters, so they are available almost anywhere. I was just ordering a bunch of other stuff, and getting them from Mazdatrix was handy at the time.