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Old Jun 1, 2008 | 11:23 AM
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Has anybody ditched the power steering cooler?
Just gonna start fabricating a Vmount, but i could do with loosing the ps cooler. Just wondered if anybody has done this and if it would be ok?
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Old Jun 1, 2008 | 11:38 AM
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uh, didnt think fds had powersteering coolers, do u mean ac condensor possibly?
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^--It does. The stock PS cooler is just a little loop of metal. I'll try to find a pic.

Only if you're ditching the power steering as well.
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Old Jun 1, 2008 | 11:40 AM
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^ah ok. i know what your talking about now
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Originally Posted by smitter113fd
uh, didnt think fds had powersteering coolers, do u mean ac condensor possibly?
Fd's do have ps coolers. It's just a piece of S bended steel pipe in the mouth of the front bumper.
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Old Jun 1, 2008 | 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Robbierx7
Fd's do have ps coolers. It's just a piece of S bended steel pipe in the mouth of the front bumper.
In searching for that pic for smitter, I found a thread you might find interesting. check post #6

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...teering+Cooler

for anyone who is curious about what the stock cooler looks like, check post #18.
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Old Jun 1, 2008 | 12:13 PM
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I was thinking about buying a cooler the size of our oil coolers, putting it were the R1's have the second oil cooler and running lines to it if i did a V mount.
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
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Well im gonna go with a small oil cooler i think. Just a bit smaller than stock, and mount it behind one of my oil coolers.
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Just mount the look under the radiator. That is what I do on vmounts.
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