wankelhead

just a question to all of you guys with the rb ss oil cooler lines....on the upper hose[comming from the front of the block],at the end where it bolts to the oil cooler,have you had any problems with the fit?if this probably will not make much sense unless you have worked on that part of your car recently,but,the rad. support structure is in pretty close proximity of where that hose runs,and,if you try and run the hose around the "outside"of the support,while the lenght that way is right,the angle of the banjo bolt fitting is off quite a bit,probably 20-25%,wich makes it pretty unpossible to fit.my only solution was to run it around the "inside" of the support,but the lenght seems a bit to long[angle is perfect],and i'm now having to deal with funky custom mounts for my griffin rad.,and i dont see any way you could make it happen with astock radiator.i called racing beat,they where real nice,basically told me that they had some similar complaint about a month ago,but could not remeber the details,but as far as they know theyr hoses fit perfect,but they would support me any way they could to adress my problem...i dunno,i can make it work the way it is,but its a bit of a pain...how's yours fit?sorry so long.
thanks
~david

Icemark

I have the cork sport versions of the same lines (unless you have the AN lines), but anyway, the line has to route exactly the same as the stock ones did. There is a hole next to the rad that the stock lines went through, use that same hole. I even pulled off the old hose covering were it went through the hole, cleaned it and put it on the new lines with zip ties (since the SS lines are a touch thinner than the stock lines).

I found it easier (if the motor is already in) to connect the front/upper line in first, and route it through.

Then the back line.

Unless you un-bolt the cooler itself the lines may appear to not fit. Route the lines, un bolt the cooler, attach the lines to the cooler and car, then re-attach/ remount the cooler.

wankelhead

thanks icemark-i checked it out on my car-definately no hole in the radiator[mount],the stock ones ran around the side of the rad. support on my car.
also,i wrongfully assumed these to be rb lines,while,actually they are from mazdatrix,made by some other company.anyways,still wondering if any1 else has had problems with the mazdatrix lines.i guess i'll call'em tomorrow.
~david

rx_7_driver

i got the ones from mazdatrix, and i had to take the oil cooler off put the line on then put the cooler back on it's not very hard at all (except for the on in the back of the engine, that bitch took me over an hour to get on)

Icemark

I guess I should have said there is a "Gap", bewteen the body and radiator that the lines go through.