Wheres a good place to mount an oil cooler on a 3dr? Ive bought a 16 row mocal cooler but not too sure of the best place to position it and how to secure it in place, i was considering sitting it on top of the radiator but i think im going to want to put a turbo cooler there in the future. Is it best to just put it behind the foglight opening somehow? Also i want to fit a small 5 or 6 row power steering cooler aswell, so was thinking perhaps fit this behind the other foglight opening? Does this sound like a good idea or is it possible to fit them both on the same side?

 

My oil cooler is going on top of the radiator, on me sapphy, the 3 door has plenty of room though for fitting in front of the i/cooler, hanging off the cross member, some have fitted the PS cooler behind the n/s fog aperture, I mounted my PS cooler behind the "slot" area in the bumper on n/s.
tabetha

 

Tabetha Surely mounting an oil cooler in front of the FMIC is not good. Surely it will suffer heat soak?

 

It will indeed transfer some heat into the i/cooler, but sometimes that's the only place, most don't need as much cooling effect as the larger RS500 item can give, so can afford to sacrifice some area, the coolest point in the i/cooler will be at the top between the in/out pipes to/from it, so placing a cooler lower down won't hurt as much, although I'd always fit behind the i/cooler personally on top of the rad, there are imo several advantages to this, the prime one being it is protected from stones and flying debris, it will puncture the i/cooler first losing boost which you will notice, if it punctured the oil cooler you may well not notice till you hear the death rattle.
tabetha

 

Mine sits on top of the Rad, wish i had a side feed cooler as it would look better.

Steve

 

mines plonked behind the grille infront of the i/c on my saff, works fine.