Best Location for the Oil Cooler

[Cameron]

First, a little back story... I wanted to get a Sky Dynamics exhaust for my eagle since it fits in the cowling with the stock oil cooler location. They didn't think it would fit my XP400's cold air sump and they weren't interested in making an exhaust that would. I still think the exhaust intended for their cold air sump would fit, but I wasn't willing to spend $1800 to find out.

So, I ended up buying a 4 into 1 exhaust from Raven. It was $300 cheaper, but it won't fit the oil cooler in the stock location. Rob said if I moved the oil cooler forward 2", the exhaust would fit. That didn't sound too bad, but then I got to wondering about relocating the oil cooler somewhere other than being connected to the cowling. My first thought was to mount it behind #4 cylinder. Its a 13 row cooler so I'm not sure if I can make that work or not. My 2nd thought would be to mount it to the firewall and run a duct from behind #4 to it. I just wonder if cooling will be as good, better, or worse? What is the best place to mount an oil cooler within a pressure cowling? Other than the fact that the oil cooler is mounted to the cowling, is the stock Eagle setup ideal? What do you Eagle drivers see on your oil temps?

 

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