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Hi Y'all,
Introducing “Gambit’s FL5 oil cooler kit”.
Source it, DIY / build it yourself.
Again the benefit of this DIY kit for the community is that all parts are available on ebay or universally available online. You can mix and match whatever parts you have spare such as braided or rubber hoses, clamps, fittings, L brackets etc to make it work and all at a very cost effective total price. Thanks to @siwelnosaj for the inspiration!
This is the kit installed on the left hand side of my right hand drive car. I have not had to cut or drill any additional holes for the mounting points, rather just used existing holes to fix L brackets direct to the oil cooler.
Worked out a few measurements and went on the hunt for an oil cooler that would fit between the brake duct and the chassis, whilst tucked up tight to the wheel arch. Found this unit on ebay which measures: 290mmx140mmx40mm giving a total of 1.62lts of volume.
I mounted an L bracket from a local hardware store to this pre-exisiting hole, using a rivsert. Can't tell you how useful a rivet tool is!
Unfortunately i forgot to get a close up pic of the chassis side bracket but here is a rear side view that gives you an idea.
Next up was the vent to the wheel arch. Used the Revotech fender liner vent which worked a treat. So first up was using a dremel to cut the wheel arch liner according to the cut out diagram supplied by Revotech in the kit.
Drilled a few holes, used the rivsert tool again and done
i went with an old oil sandwich plate and older fittings i had left over from another kit, however have listed one off ebay. As well as 3 meters of AN10 lines and fittings that will work. All detailed further in the table below with links to the items.
Sandwich plate plus additional oil pressure and temp sensors for more data logging to keep an eye on things.
As you can notice above i added additional heal shielding around the lines to shield the lines from the front pipe.
This is how i have run the lines to the oil cooler
Next big step was making sure i configured frontal airflow to the oil cooler.
A few different methods used in the community to get air to the cooler considering the constraints.
I opted to use the current brake duct and tap into it, in order to divert air into the oil cooler. This was done by placing a T piece inline on the brake duct. The T piece has a inner diversion lip that directs air upwards and into the oil cooler shroud.
I also choose to add in a slit into the front of the brake duct and slide/mount a second hose to direct air into the secondary inlet hole of the oil cooler shroud. Both hoses route to the twin intake oil cooler shroud as pictured.
Pic below, before adding the shroud so that you can see the way the T piece sits in the current brake duct, notice at the bottom of the T piece the diversion lip.
and this is the final setup with the secondary hose with shroud in place and all mounted up.
Here is a frontal image, before i cleaned up up further. Essentially i left a protrusion lip on the hose to aid collection of air into the second intake hose.
I had a chance to take the car out on track recently and as a base line in cool ambient temps the entire cooling system performed without fault. The true test will be pushing the car on track in the harsh Aussie heat. So stay tuned for further updates.
As with all the Gambit kits, below is the itemised table of components, links and costs to make one, with rough conversion from USD to AUD. Let me know how you go making one up or putting together another variation of such a kit.
Introducing “Gambit’s FL5 oil cooler kit”.
Source it, DIY / build it yourself.Again the benefit of this DIY kit for the community is that all parts are available on ebay or universally available online. You can mix and match whatever parts you have spare such as braided or rubber hoses, clamps, fittings, L brackets etc to make it work and all at a very cost effective total price. Thanks to @siwelnosaj for the inspiration!
This is the kit installed on the left hand side of my right hand drive car. I have not had to cut or drill any additional holes for the mounting points, rather just used existing holes to fix L brackets direct to the oil cooler.
Worked out a few measurements and went on the hunt for an oil cooler that would fit between the brake duct and the chassis, whilst tucked up tight to the wheel arch. Found this unit on ebay which measures: 290mmx140mmx40mm giving a total of 1.62lts of volume.
I mounted an L bracket from a local hardware store to this pre-exisiting hole, using a rivsert. Can't tell you how useful a rivet tool is!
Unfortunately i forgot to get a close up pic of the chassis side bracket but here is a rear side view that gives you an idea.
Next up was the vent to the wheel arch. Used the Revotech fender liner vent which worked a treat. So first up was using a dremel to cut the wheel arch liner according to the cut out diagram supplied by Revotech in the kit.
Drilled a few holes, used the rivsert tool again and done
i went with an old oil sandwich plate and older fittings i had left over from another kit, however have listed one off ebay. As well as 3 meters of AN10 lines and fittings that will work. All detailed further in the table below with links to the items.
Sandwich plate plus additional oil pressure and temp sensors for more data logging to keep an eye on things.
As you can notice above i added additional heal shielding around the lines to shield the lines from the front pipe.
This is how i have run the lines to the oil cooler
Next big step was making sure i configured frontal airflow to the oil cooler.
A few different methods used in the community to get air to the cooler considering the constraints.
I opted to use the current brake duct and tap into it, in order to divert air into the oil cooler. This was done by placing a T piece inline on the brake duct. The T piece has a inner diversion lip that directs air upwards and into the oil cooler shroud.
I also choose to add in a slit into the front of the brake duct and slide/mount a second hose to direct air into the secondary inlet hole of the oil cooler shroud. Both hoses route to the twin intake oil cooler shroud as pictured.
Pic below, before adding the shroud so that you can see the way the T piece sits in the current brake duct, notice at the bottom of the T piece the diversion lip.
and this is the final setup with the secondary hose with shroud in place and all mounted up.
Here is a frontal image, before i cleaned up up further. Essentially i left a protrusion lip on the hose to aid collection of air into the second intake hose.
I had a chance to take the car out on track recently and as a base line in cool ambient temps the entire cooling system performed without fault. The true test will be pushing the car on track in the harsh Aussie heat. So stay tuned for further updates.
As with all the Gambit kits, below is the itemised table of components, links and costs to make one, with rough conversion from USD to AUD. Let me know how you go making one up or putting together another variation of such a kit.
that’s how it all starts off.
