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…then reinstalled the bumper to make sure we had clearance.
Earl’s also offers an optional mounting bracket kit that we modified a bit to permanently mount our bracket. On one side of the cooler we cut and bent the bracket (left) to match the angle of the chassis where we drilled a mounting hole (right).
On the other side we drilled a hole through the rubber isolated mounting bracket (far left) and installed it upside down with a bolt through it (center) to mount to the chassis via another hole we drilled (far right).
The result. The bottom bracket remains to be mounted so that’s why it looks janky. We tested the 120 and 90 degree fittings on the inlet and outlet side respectively of the oil cooler then manually cranked the retractable headlight through its sweep to make sure there was no interference.
Next we removed the oil bypass plug just above the oil filter where the Improved Racing oil thermostat and oil cooler adapter will bolt up.
We are using a 120-degree -10 AN fitting on the inlet side of the thermostat and a 90-degree -10 AN fitting on the oulet side. Both fittings will point their respective hoses in the same direction toward our oil cooler and well away from the hot exhaust manifold above.This is a good place to take a break since a lot of y’all don’t have time to read a 12 page article in one sitting! Check back next week for Part 2 where we build all our oil lines and bend up some sheet metal!
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