I finally got my Fluidyne oil cooler in and mounted. It took me a while to choose just the right one, then modify it to fit my car. I'm going with -8 AN fittings, but I can not decide on braided or hard (aluminum) lines. I have always done braided so the hard lines would be a nice change of pace. Plus i think it might look really good too. And in theory, the aluminum hard lines would remove a little more heat than the braided line as well...

Anyone done theres in hard lines and have a few pics? This could really help my decision out.



Heres a few pics of the oil cooler and how I mounted it in my Rx2. The measurements are 14.75" x 3" x 3" . And the core (not including end tanks) is 12" wide x 2.5" thick x 3" tall:

 

There is a lot of vibration and thermal growth issues to think of. I'd stick with braided lines even with solid motor mounts.

 

Didnt really give that much thought and its a good point. However, I have ran hard line for my fuel system before. Never had any leakage problems. Even though I did it very crude since this was in my earlier mechanic days...

 

If you must, run a hard line from the passenger side bung to or near the driver side bung then run steel braided and hardline from the rear to front cover + steel braided ALA FC OC set-up. Vibration will create to much stress to a hardline. look at factory set-up on most cars with AT, soft lines between the motor and tranny fluid OC

 

I made a braket for my FMOC and used -10an fittings with braided lines. I also used some end-link bushings to dampen vibration along with an oil temperature thermastat with an internal bypass. The factory FMIC has an internal thermastat. This way the oil will come up to temp and not try to push through heavy oil.