Sunday, March 08, 2009 - 05:43 pm, by: Ben Lipman(Ben12a)
The oil cooler situation is still a work in progress. I had an adaptor made up to fit the relocation kit to the side of the engine. $100 later, it now fits up to the side of the block. I fired the engine up to check for leaks and discovered the cooler core itself has the mother of all leaks in it. In the time it took to start the engine, look under the car and shut it down I lost nearly half of the engine's oil. Not happy, Jan. It looks like I am now buying a replacement cooler core as well. This has been a very expensive lesson in buying second hand without the ability to check the goods prior to handing over the cash. As my wife said, lets just put it down to experience.
Anyway, I decided to change tack and make my own strut brace. I considered buying a whiteline one etc for just under $200, but after what Dave Cazes had to say about solid bars, I thought I'd give it a go.
I made the tops and brackets out of 6mm steel plate, and used 20mm thick wall tube for the brace. Its painted red, because it was the only paint I had left on the shelf. Hopefully will go faster also.
