I had another thread going about an upgraded SST cooler and it turns out it's something not really necessary for a DD.

Now, on the topic of cooling:

Is an oil cooler really necessary for DD higher power Ralliart's? I know EvoX have one stock... (talking about 340whp/360wtq).

 

For road use, probably not. For laps at a track, I do have concerns about the lack of oil cooler on RA... it's on my to-do list after front brakes, lol.

Rich

 

That`s what I figured...thanks Rich!

 

Im sure there are plenty of ras out there running track days without an oil cooler. I would like to put one on though for sure. For Daily use I dont think youll need one.

 

an oil cooler is definitely on the list - evo x fit the same as our RA? a trip to the wreckers might be a good idea then

 

Myself and another member on here have both recently installed EvoX oil coolers onto our RA's. I can tell you that the cooler, lines, and t-stat work on the RA without issue. The other member had an issue with line placement/sagging, but I didn't run into anything like that during my install. It all buttoned up into place very nicely.

The only thing that seems to need to be modified/fabricated is the mounting bracketry. The other member managed to modify the stock X brackets to work properly, but I didn't have a set readily available during my install so I made some from 1/8"(iirc) x 1 1/2" drilled aluminum flat stock. Cut and shaped to fit, it is actually quite sturdy and offers 3 separate mounting points.

Here are a couple of quick pics that should hopefully give you a better idea of what I'm talking about:

Close up:


Further out:

 

What did u do with the washer fluid bottle? Is that a X crash beam?

 

Washer fluid reservoir is gone for now. I'm thinking of converting a catch-can or some other smaller reservoir to accept the stock washer pump. Just need to figure my plan of attack for that one.

Crash beam is JDM X

 

Sweet, nice chi!
I seem to recall you had posted the PN for the crash beam, but I forgot where?

 

I have it in "The weight savings thread" sticky in the B/W/S section, but here they are again

JDM Front Beam: 6400B095

JDM Rear Beam: 6410A697