I have a few questions on mazdatrix's oilcooler lines for the fc.

1) Does anybody have them?
2)Did they fit good?
3)shipping costs?


Any info will be nice..heres a pic..

 

1) I've installed them for someone else.
2) About as good as stock.
3) dunno... couple bucks I'd imagine.

It should be noted that they retain the use of banjo bolts (since they are pretty much just stock replacements), which tend not to flow all that well.

 

i thought those were oem mazda oil lines?

 

Which are you refering to - the banjo or -AN lines?
The banjo will be just like stock.
The -An will be a little more $, will flow a bit better, and look nicer.
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the banjo i assume? The ones up top, theres a pic of them. What i was trying to say is that the ones im trying to get, the ones up top. Are those factory from mazda are just custom made from mazdatrix?

 

1)i have em(ss -an lines)
2)fit perfect
3)none... i picked them up

just give them a call. they've been very helpful whenever i called or stopped by.

 

The lines pictured above are not stock Mazda OEM lines. They are braided stainless steel lines that have stock/stock-style fittings swaged onto the ends, so that they are a direct replacement for stock lines. Thus, they fit Exactly like stock, they just look a little prettier. They stil retain the use of the three stock banjo bolts.

If you are looking for stock replacements, get these. If you are looking for serious performance lines, get the -AN lines which require the use of adapters. Banjo bolts flow terribly and offer significant restrictiopns to oil flow and pressure drop (which should only be an issue in VERY heavily modded engines... IE: oil loop lines, 3 window bearings, higher-rate OPR, High-volume oil pump, modded oil passages, etc).

 

how are the an ones more flowing? Are they rifled in anyway?

 

Somebody installed teflon lines instead of the plastic of ss ones and last time I checked hasn't had a single problem with them. And they didn't really cost him much. Do a search.

 

90deg bends instead of banjo bolts.

 

I've run with the stainless ones for about 3 years now. No problems whatsoever. Well worth the cost, fit right in...The aluminum AN fittings like to seep oil a little, though. No big deal, just a stain, not a leak...

 

Smooth-radius curves of -AN fittings rather than 90 degree bends into two small holes of a banjo bolt.

Rifled? For more flow? That makes no sense.

 

How long to the OEM original lines last, and when should i go ahead and switch them to SS lines? I only have 67k original miles on my 88 vert.

 

I think these are the same lines that corksports sells, corksports gets these made from a shop in socal. I purchased a set from corksports last time and one of the lines did not fit and the shop in socal sent me another one.

 

I say replace them when they start to seep oil.

 

great thread... i need to get new oil lines. mine are leaking worse than a bitch on her rag... Everyday is a heavy day. i'm planning on picking up some of the SS stock replacements... cheaper. any other place besides Mazdatrix and corksport?