How'd you guys do it? Need to make brackets, what'd you guys use? Have pics of the brackets you made? Post em up!
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Yeah but then I need to buy the MZ3 oil cooler and lines. I already have the S54 oil cooler and lines. From what I understand they're different enough that the brackets from the MZ3 stuff won't work...
'03 911 Turbo 6MT fun car
'18 Toyota Land Cruiser Daily driver/Ski Machine/Off Roader
'15 Cayenne Diesel Wife's DD
'17 KTM 690 "Adv" 2 wheeled Adventurer
I have the S54 M3 oil cooler, it's not the same as the MZ3 S54 oil cooler. The OEM brackets won't work....
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'18 Toyota Land Cruiser Daily driver/Ski Machine/Off Roader
'15 Cayenne Diesel Wife's DD
'17 KTM 690 "Adv" 2 wheeled Adventurer
Fab your own then, because racecar.
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Is buying this an option and re-selling your e46 m3 oil cooler? Only $136 bucks and after searching back through my parts list is what I had installed:
Oilcooler:
17212244084
http://www.rmeuropean.com/Products/1...84-MFG166.aspx
Radiator:
17112227281
Oil Cooler Lines:
17212227235
Oil Cooler Bracket:
17512243659
Bolt (2ea):
11652243770
O-Ring (4ea):
17222245358
Screw (2ea):
17227833189
Oil Line Bracket (2ea):
17201712209
Bolt:
07119903994 (2ea)
Spacer Sleeve:
17227798686
Hose Bracket:
17222227282
I am sorry for the confusion DOC, but hopefully this is helpful for the next guy!
I made my own when mounting the s54 cooler below my s52 radiator. I dont have any photos - but made it all from aluminum flat stock. Works for now.
Yeah, I need to decide whether to fab my own brackets or sell this stuff and pick up the MZ3 stuff. What sucks is the oil lines are just different enough that I need to buy those too...
'03 911 Turbo 6MT fun car
'18 Toyota Land Cruiser Daily driver/Ski Machine/Off Roader
'15 Cayenne Diesel Wife's DD
'17 KTM 690 "Adv" 2 wheeled Adventurer
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I'd like to use the MZ3 radiator (17112227281) with a cooler mounted beneath but I will be using the cooler as a power steering cooler, not an engine oil cooler. Oil line fitment is not a concern for my application.
Is the Euro oil cooler the only piece that bolts to the MZ3 radiator without modification? Or is there a US spec (less expensive?) cooler than will fit directly to the MZ3 radiator?
TIA.
EDIT: Also, just read a post that implies that the cooler location beneath the radiator will have restricted airflow if using the US radiator shroud, which differs from the Euro M3 shroud?
Last edited by TipsyMcStagger; 10-01-2018 at 12:55 PM.
Maybe this will work? https://www.pelicanparts.com/More_In...2-244-084-M166
I ordered this one for my build but it is showing OOS most everywhere. https://www.autohausaz.com/pn/17212244084
Thanks. Hard to say if it'll fit without knowing the dimensions.
In looking more closely at the BMW OE oil coolers, it looks like they use flared o-ring lines that press-fit to the cooler. That's probably more trouble that it's worth for my purposes. I'm probably better off just finding a properly sized universal cooler with -AN or barbed fittings.
I did find that the Euro OE shroud for the MZ3 (17112227281) radiator is readily available. Part #17112227684. Found in this diagram.
The part number for the OE oil cooler is 17212244084 which is what that pelican oil cooler is listed under. Laengerer & Reich is the OEM supplier, they supply the OE part for BMW, but are MUCH cheaper that the OE part.
Hope this makes more sense.
No clue if the Modine branded oil cooler from Pelican is good or bad quality. The oil cooler sold by Bimmerworld for $200 is Langerer & Reich.
Note that the S54 oil cooler is reported to be not outstandingly effective under track conditions, although for an S50/52 with a lot less hp it might be good enough. For track use I'd be much more concerned with its vulnerable location hanging below the radiator. Just a few weeks ago at Grattan a Mustang experienced a fairly mild 2-wheels off that tore off his oil cooler hoses and then dumped the entire engine oil fill onto several hundred feet of track. Can't have done the motor much good either.
You'll also need to look into the under-radiator air duct/shroud setup. In a stock US car there's a baffle to block air from bypassing the coolant radiator that you must remove if using a Euro-style oil cooler. If you have some kind of aftermarket splitter you'll likely have to figure that out for yourself. (I have the opposite setup: the sheet metal Euro radiator duct but with an oil cooler mounted higher up in front of the rad. I had to fab up a baffle to block bypass air.)
Neil
How about these?
https://www.turnermotorsport.com/f/p...ting-brackets/
This is true, but I'm not sure what the alternative is. I get maybe 10-15 degrees of oil temp improvement. I tried a substantial eBay oil cooler mounted in from the the radiator, deleting the A/C fan. The results was a multi-year nightmare of intermittent overheating problems with confusing symptoms and data. Eventually I realized that it was averaging the oil and water temps -- great oil temps, but high water temps. This was a E36/8 M Coupe. Regular E36 may be different as it has different airflow.
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An E46 M3 radiator will fit into a Z3, so you can hang one below, in the "proper" spot with OEM(ish) parts.
Personally, I mounted a Setrab in front, where the stock electric fan is.
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If you're the lazy type like me you could buy a kit put together by Zionsville.
It will save you time and aggravation and will cost roughly the same as if you bought the parts yourself.
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