wicky09

I am looking to run a external thermostatic oil cooler with a remote oil filter. If i were to do this is there a shorter filter stud that would allow me to remove the OEM oil filter housing and the coolant lines?

i am coming from the toyota world, and i know on my supra there was a stud that would be used when removing the oil cooler and running a thermostatic cooler.

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matrussell122

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You should be able to get it to all fit with the mocal adapter plate or if not you can remove that IM like a lot of other people do. If you dont care about that oil heater you can use the piece from a 1.6 miata motor and swap it out.

wicky09

So there is a piece from the 1.6L that would work? id like to just remove it, i understand it is to heat the oil to operating temp faster, but if i am running a thermostatic cooler it would be fine to remove it i would imagine.

matrussell122

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The part the oil filter threads onto on the 1.6 will thread right into your 1.8 block and it is quite a bit shorter since the 1.6 doesnt have the oil heater. Not sure where you can get one though. maybe a junkyard

concealer404

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I have also just cut these down to size successfully in the past.

afm

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B63010319 is the short stud.

That being said, it is a little tricky to use a thermostatic plate without the OEM oil heat exchanger, since bringing it in closer to the block creates more opportunities for the hoses to hit stuff.

curly

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What he said. Remove the sandwich plate, and out your oil cooler plate on with the adapter fittings and 2 90* line ends screwed on, you'll see what we mean

DNMakinson

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^ What I was thinking. Reports are that people with NA's are adding the "coolers" from NB's for spacing when adding Mocal Sandwich plates.

mr steve

I was planning on running 2 sandwiches, with the 1st one capped off, to get the clearance needed; just been auto-x ing lately so I'm able to let it cool down between runs

live4soccer7

wrong thread, my apologies.