Looking for advice about mounting the oil cooler on the #4 baffle. I’m using the stock Niagara oil cooler on a Mattituck TMX-360 and have the new RV-7 baffle kit. The new kit has pre-drilled holes and a pre-bent bracket fwd and above the oil cooler opening so you really don’t have any choice where – or how high – the oil cooler goes. I installed, fit and trimmed the baffles and didn’t think too much about the oil cooler.
But trial-fitting the oil cooler for the first time, I realized that only the upper half of the baffle rectangular hole is open to cooling air. The lower half is blocked by the #4 cylinder cooling fins. In addition, the cooling fins make it impossible to put a nutplate on the center bolt hole on the right side. The oil cooler is supposed to have two bolts on the left, and two on the right. I’m nervous about only bolting it on with 3 bolts.
Moving the oil cooler up a couple of inches would require new baffle parts, and a lot of effort. Since I just have a stock config and given the pre-drilled holes, I’m hoping somebody who has been through this has an easier solution. I’ve already had enough fun on the baffles!
Thanks in advance, Bill
But trial-fitting the oil cooler for the first time, I realized that only the upper half of the baffle rectangular hole is open to cooling air. The lower half is blocked by the #4 cylinder cooling fins. In addition, the cooling fins make it impossible to put a nutplate on the center bolt hole on the right side. The oil cooler is supposed to have two bolts on the left, and two on the right. I’m nervous about only bolting it on with 3 bolts.
Moving the oil cooler up a couple of inches would require new baffle parts, and a lot of effort. Since I just have a stock config and given the pre-drilled holes, I’m hoping somebody who has been through this has an easier solution. I’ve already had enough fun on the baffles!
Thanks in advance, Bill
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