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Zenki FC3S Apr 7, 2011 07:23 PM

The derale didnt fit up front with the headlight. I spent like $400 on the oil setup

driftfcbuckey Apr 8, 2011 03:56 AM


Originally Posted by Syritis (Post 10560007)
so after everything you bought for this set up you cheaped out on 50$ worth of SS hose?

Racing beat oil cooler lines are -10. that's what i use.

racing beat doesnt even have custom oil lines to run side mount oil cooler. they have replacement SS lines for the stock oil cooler.

he probably had $200 in just the 2 lines/fittings. idk if you realize this, but that oil cooler/fan is pretty pricey.


@zenki i forgot about that with BN/lights down... i guess ill have to mess with it...maybe run it further into the front bumper and tube it up to protect it. anything is better than my jank ass oil cooler setup now.

Zenki FC3S Apr 8, 2011 05:34 PM

Yea I thought that putting it in the bay would keep it secure, for the most part.
It would suck to have your oil cooler explode or crack while tandem/bn ripping off. A bash bar would be a great way to protect a front mount oil cooler tho, but derale wont fit there...

It would be cool to cut off the whole front end, including the firewall and tube it. Then you can mount everything where u want

Syritis Apr 9, 2011 06:43 PM

the Racing beat replacement oil cooler lines are just earls fittings. and WAY overpriced. still they are -10. when i moved my oil cooler i actually used all the same fittings just replaced the hose with a longer one.

have you considered running a duct from the side of the main v-mount ducting just for the oil cooler?

blackedoutFC3S Apr 10, 2011 04:08 AM


Originally Posted by Zenki FC3S (Post 10543088)

Hey man where did you buy the black fittings from? I've been trying to find a good site for them and just can't seem to find a site with all the fittings. Maybe I'm just not looking hard enough...

magus2222 Apr 10, 2011 11:26 AM

earls fittings has them (as you can tell by the packaging). i think they call them the elite fittings
russell
aeroquip
all these companies offer the black AN fittings, as well as nylon braided hoses

edit: you can get them all at summitracing.com, as well as most speed shops

Lloyd

Zenki FC3S Apr 10, 2011 05:00 PM

Parker store on 36th street and Broadway

bewst12psi Apr 28, 2011 08:20 PM

Heres when I did mine... First thing I did to the car.... Ha.
https://www.rx7club.com/picture.php?...ictureid=27691

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https://www.rx7club.com/picture.php?...ictureid=27692



Heres the final Product.
https://www.rx7club.com/picture.php?...ictureid=28549

https://www.rx7club.com/picture.php?...ictureid=31968

https://www.rx7club.com/picture.php?...ictureid=32233
I wanna get a CF vented hood and just do some pop rivet ducting on the underside of it

Battle Cat Apr 29, 2011 12:26 AM

looks pretty sweet

NoPistons! Apr 29, 2011 03:14 AM

Agreed. Car should be called nugs it's so dope.


Love the hood/ic setup. That's gotta work uber tits. Dimensions plz?

bewst12psi Apr 29, 2011 06:02 PM


Originally Posted by NoPistons! (Post 10596340)
Agreed. Car should be called nugs it's so dope.


Love the hood/ic setup. That's gotta work uber tits. Dimensions plz?



Thanks! It works real good.

The intercooler is a CXracing 25x16x4 intercooler with a 4inch core and 3inch inlet and outlet.
Hood opening is 18 wide and 12 deep
Cut the upper Rad support, welded in a front mounting bar for the IC so it sits flush to the rest of the rad support, and fabbed up a bracket for the back that holds the rear intercooler mounts and the posts on the Radiator (I flipped a CXracing FD rx7 radiator upside down) and it bolts to two of the studs that held the stock radiator.
2.5 inch pipe from the turbo to IC and 3 from IC to 75mm TB.

sascanchns May 25, 2011 07:00 AM

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ignore the rubber strap :blush:

bern_supra Jul 26, 2011 03:26 PM

what size of rad do you guys use ? I dont have the car with me at the moment and i'm going to buy it real soon .

driftfcbuckey Jul 26, 2011 10:02 PM


Originally Posted by bern_supra (Post 10720616)
what size of rad do you guys use ? I dont have the car with me at the moment and i'm going to buy it real soon .

just get an S5 Koyo Radiator.

driftfcbuckey Jul 27, 2011 01:33 AM

front mount core + vmounted looks super hammer you need to bust out the tig and flip those pipes straight and ditch those couplers so they dont die.

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._4471438_n.jpg

bern_supra Jul 29, 2011 03:05 PM

another thing , how do you block the rad's filler neck ? is there a special cap you can put there or you just weld a plate with a bleeder valve to get the air out that could get stuck there ?

Cause i'm planning on putting the S4 water pump housing so I can use the OEM S4 rad cap location

driftfcbuckey Jul 29, 2011 03:24 PM

just leave it.

Zenki FC3S Jul 29, 2011 10:56 PM

The isuzu npr im running has good end tanks and is oem quality...

Theyre $100

silverfdturbo6port Jul 30, 2011 12:06 AM

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here is my set up.
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taka21 Sep 12, 2011 12:28 PM

i love this, i want to do a v mount setup on my supra so bad. i love the resourcefulness and ingenuity shown in this thread kudos to you all

I fc3SLIDE Sep 12, 2011 08:23 PM

i have been searching for a thread like this for like 2 weeks for ideas on how to do my v mount hopefully ill be getting started on mock up next week ill be sure to take pictures and post my progress in here

paganizondadude Sep 14, 2011 04:14 AM

Awesome thread. Will be mocking mine this winter. CX or Godspeed rad and intercooler and OEM oil cooler with a secondary side mount.

Any thoughts on cutting out front fender wells and doing tube front end?

sharingan 19 Sep 28, 2011 11:16 AM

My Ktec v-mount
 
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I didn't want to give up anything when I went v-mount; no cutting the tubular support, no hood pins, no deleting a/c or o/s. I also wanted to use the parts I already had (koyo rad, stock oil cooler, evo 8 core, greddy tb etc) This all made for a challenging experience....
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The guy I was working w/ to do the welding work didn't think the fans would fit as pullers....but when there is a will, there is a way.
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Used the stock diversion paneling to make some lower ducting. Since the rad sits higher (because its on top of the tubular support) the stock bumper opening is pretty much useless, thus... (see attachment)

Still working on finishing my setup (needs ducting) but it works great when moving (175-185°). I think I may need a fan(s) on the oil cooler as the temps begin to creep up while sitting in traffic (195-200+°). I am also switching to a parralell flow a/c condenser which may or may not make a difference....
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FDmuri Sep 30, 2011 01:09 AM

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Vmount for the FD
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blackedoutFC3S Sep 30, 2011 01:28 AM

sharingan 19 I really like how you do everything, it's all done properly and the parts you use are really well thought out.


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