Mine is mounted to the side as well like that. I have it bolted down to my Verus front splitter that covers the entire bottom of the front end. My oil filter and my sandwich plate both have their own safety wires to keep it from loosening up. After many track days, the lines are rubbing away at the airbox beside it with some tough scratches so I'll need to check them.
Yea my airbox is getting scratched as well. I’m trying to see if I should get different fittings to angle it away from the air box. Makes it difficult to change the filter too.
Anybody know the brand of socket to get for 27mm bolt that holds down the sandwich plate? My car is just sitting rn cuz I can’t find a socket that will fit into that tiny space
For emergency just use an adjustable wrench. I used that a couple times now and just tightened as much as I could. And it held on track. Cause one you put the filter on it will also add tension to that bolt and will help lock it in. Otherwise I think if you search up thin wall sockets you may be able to track one down.
Honestly never paid attention to the max temps before the cooler. Got the cooler just for piece of mind. And now I just make sure it hits at least 170-180F operating temp before reving it hard. My guess is max temp dropped 10-20 deg. I am drifting this weekend, I will try to get some numbers.
Update: Highest I hit during a run was 112C (234F). That’s with reving 4.5k to 7k rpm for about 2-3min. Don’t have a reference for without an oil cooler. My guess is for sure drops it 10deg if not more. When I first put it on I noticed on highway driving it was 25deg cooler sometimes.
