Yeah, I used to want the MSP oil cooler before I went with a sandwich plate - so much more convenient. Now I just need to find a way to rig up an oil cooler. I have no problem achieving oil temperatures in excess of 240 degrees Fahrenheit during extended or heavy driving. I just don't know where I'd put it or where I'd route the lines. I did learn something new the other day though. Another member here is utilizing an auto transmission radiator (has provisions for a tranny cooler on it) to cool his oil-water cooler.
hmm, interesting
though seems like a lot of extra piping for the oil to travel through to me, wouldn't it be easier to place a oil cooler on the turbo feed line between the block and the turbo? wouldn't add nearly as much oil line
however, another option is to talk to docB about how they have it setup with an external PRV.....basically they relocate the filter with a nice thick oil line, it would allow you to run either an oil cooler on the block and a sandwhich plate on the filter, or vice versa
heres the diagrams:
(pardon the sloppyness, I just did it in like 5 minutes)
Line A includes
--oil cooler
--oil cooler -> water feed hose
--oil cooler -> thermostat hose/metal line
Line B includes
--2-way banjo bolt
--water feed metal line to turbo
--open connection for the oil cooler -> water feed hose
BTW I was being retarded and called it the knock sensor, I meant the oil pressure sender
Ok, if you look at the back of the N/A 2.0L FS-DE motor, just to the top and right of the oil filter/oil cooler combination is a bolt in the block....this bolt blocks the outlet used by the msp for water feed to the turbo....line B screws into that bolt and travels along the back side, then the drivers side of the motor to hook up with the turbo water feed line
line A is the oil cooler assembly which also runs along the back, then the drivers side, and then the front of the motor to mate with the thermostat housing....the other side of the water cooler hooks up to the two-way banjo bolt that screws into the block for line B
This is the top view of the motor
(it was easier to show it with the oil filter/cooler combination not touching the block...you get the idea)
to note if you are curious (though I don't think it will fit any other way) line A mates up with the lower connection on the thermostat, the upper connection on the thermostat runs to the front/drivers side corner of the block and uses an L-shaped rubber fitting ot mate to the main water block....in the MSP setup this L-shaped rubber fitting is replaced with a three-way rubber fitting and the water return line meets up with this fitting perfectly, I highly recommend using that rubber fitting
just to clarify what I have said above....hope it helps! if you have any questions let me know