<div dir="ltr">I second the suggestion of the adapter from Greg, with the right conditions you will blow the cooler apart, Greg's design, worth the money. I would have questioned this until it happened to me.I ran for 5 years on another supplier and then it happened, luckily I had an adapter to bypass the cooler and connect the oil lines together, one of those things that you are glad you have it at the track ! What a mess that was !</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 1:57 PM, TeriAnn J. Wakeman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tjwakeman@gmail.com" target="_blank">tjwakeman@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 2/8/16 11:35 AM, <a href="mailto:rkramer3@austin.rr.com" target="_blank">rkramer3@austin.rr.com</a> wrote:<br>
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I am also in Texas and I wouldn't run without a cooler because of the hot temps in general and the added benefit of the extra oil in the system. The lines that come with the kits on TR3's are very difficult to manipulate as you have noticed. Some come with BSP (British Std. Pipe) fittings. Why not switch out to an AN setup and use a cut to fit hose set up and route the hoses over the top of the inner fender. You can get the push on hose and fittings in black and it looks pretty nice even on period correct cars.<br>
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Greg Solow's Engine Room can provide a high quality oil cooler adapter that is superior to ones you might find through the usual suspects. I suggest having custom hoses made up with angled fittings that make installation and removal a lot easier. When I had mine made up I decided which fitting angled the hoses best towards the cooler and had hoses made up with that fitting and one end, extra length, and no fitting at the other end. I connected the hoses to the oil cooler adapter, routed the hoses, decided which fittings would work best at the other end, marked where the hoses should be cut then had the shop make up the other end of the hoses. Perfect fit, best routing, and easiest to install. If the second fitting is an angled fitting don't forget to mark the direction the fitting needs to fit on the hose. Don't fool around with generic one size maybe kinda fits some hoses when you can have hoses that fit perfectly and have the optimum angle fittings.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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