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    Ebay oil coolers?

    In the process of turbo'ing my n/a with the stock 9b's. Would this kit have everything i need? Will these lines fit up? They look a lot different from the stock cooler but i want to upgrade it because the existing hoses are cracking. I can't really afford a really nice cooler but i feel like it would be a safe idea to fix those cracking hoses. Thanks!

    10 Row An 10AN Universal Engine Transmis?sion Oil Cooler Filter Relocation Kit | eBay

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    Here's what you need:

    Universal 19 Row An 8 Oil Cooler Subaru WRX STI EVO 8 | eBay

    Abut 5 or 6' of SS -8 AN hose

    4 (90 deg) -8 AN Hose ends

    2 M16x1.5 to -8AN adapters

    I typically buy the above AN lines & fittings from JEGS Performance Auto Parts - Holley - Billet Specialties - Edelbrock - MSD - Moroso - Mr Gasket

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    Quote Originally Posted by anyonebutme View Post
    Yea i was thinking about custom making a front bracket that stuck out of the bumper through the fog light opening on my 98

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    I front mounted my oil cooler. It sits nicely in the radiator core support with a bracket which attaches where the horns go, and another bracket on the driver's side bottom with a drilled/tapped hole. Brackets are just stainless 1cmx4cmx2mm strips with two holes drilled in them.

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    Bigger but more compact... Like this

    http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewi...d=360730662723

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    I would stay away from cheap aftermarket cores, especially if you have a good stock one.

    I would just make your own lines or pick up ones already made: Maximal Performance Oil Cooler Lines - Maximal Performance

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    Quote Originally Posted by anyonebutme View Post
    Did that. Takes up a lots of room but I've never seem temps above 180F so far.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maximal View Post
    I would stay away from cheap aftermarket cores, especially if you have a good stock one.

    I would just make your own lines or pick up ones already made: Maximal Performance Oil Cooler Lines - Maximal Performance
    yes, personally I would run setrab or stock. You do not know if the ebay one is going to flow well enough to not have issues or if a big chunk of shit is going to be in it just waiting to get into your bearings.

    It isn't worth a shortblock to save $100 on a cooler.

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    Theres nothing wrong with the ebay ones and they do outflow the stock one, I noticed and increase in oil pressure just from switching which would suggest it flows quite a bit more freely than the stocker, that being said it could just be the lines using actual --8an fittings rather than restrictive banjo fittings.

    Just because it came from ebay doesn't automatically mean its junk, its a pretty simple device, a heat exchanger core, as long as the welds are good. Setrabs are good but they are overpriced IMO.

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