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Title: fitting my greddy rad
Post by: brundish24 on May 05, 2007, 01:15:45 PM
hi i have an fd3s 95 auto and i have just got a greddy rad now my stock rad has two extra pipes feeding in to it witch i think are from the oil cooler now does that mean the rad has oil in it aswell and they feed into the gearbox also.  the greddy one dont have these two extra pipes is there some way to fit it or have i just burned £300 i was thinking of joining the pipes together. but i dont have a f*#&ing clue can any one help.

regards

mark.
Title: fitting my greddy rad
Post by: Joeh on May 05, 2007, 02:36:42 PM
Huh? Oil pipes?! Are you sure you\'re touching the right item.....

Can I have a picture to let me know what you\'re playing around with....
Title: fitting my greddy rad
Post by: brundish24 on May 05, 2007, 03:44:26 PM
here is a pic i know the middle one is the ast but what are the other two
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Title: fitting my greddy rad
Post by: brundish24 on May 05, 2007, 09:14:06 PM
can anyone help??
Title: fitting my greddy rad
Post by: interloper393 on May 05, 2007, 09:20:20 PM
r they not the oil cooling lines?
Title: fitting my greddy rad
Post by: yamaster on May 05, 2007, 09:51:45 PM
oil colling pipes for the auto gear box. looks like you bought the wrong rad
Title: fitting my greddy rad
Post by: Jono FD3 on May 05, 2007, 11:08:20 PM
I think the auto box has a seperate cooler for the ATF (or they normaly do anyway!!) the rads shouldn\'t be any different I wouldn\'t of thought??
Do they definatly go in to the rad?? it looks like they go under the rad to a seperate cooler to me!!!

Have a chat to clive, he would know if there is any differance off the top of his head!!!

Jono
Title: fitting my greddy rad
Post by: brundish24 on May 05, 2007, 11:34:44 PM
they definatly go into the rad and whos clive?
Title: fitting my greddy rad
Post by: Jono FD3 on May 05, 2007, 11:48:53 PM
Clive is one of the big wiggs of the club!! Just PM him, he\'s a real helpfull guy. his user name is Clive.

Jono
Title: fitting my greddy rad
Post by: brundish24 on May 05, 2007, 11:51:56 PM
ok thanks for the help jono hopfuly he can help
Title: fitting my greddy rad
Post by: brundish24 on May 06, 2007, 05:41:10 PM
cos the rad is for a manual and my car is an auto would the pipes go away if i get a auto to a manual conversion done as i was looking to do this later..
Title: fitting my greddy rad
Post by: yamaster on May 06, 2007, 07:30:04 PM
Quote from: brundish24cos the rad is for a manual and my car is an auto would the pipes go away if i get a auto to a manual conversion done as i was looking to do this later..

they should do yes.

  not 100% on this but surely u could just buy an oil cooler for the auto box.
Title: fitting my greddy rad
Post by: brundish24 on May 06, 2007, 07:44:41 PM
i could do but i want to get the converson anyaway so im going to put my plans on hold.
Title: fitting my greddy rad
Post by: clive on May 06, 2007, 09:04:34 PM
Hiya, just followed this from your PM.

Yes these are trans oil cooler pipes but you can still fit your nice new rad if you buy a conventional small oil cooler sandwich plate.

Mount it in the mouth of your front nose cone an extend the pipes to it from the gearbox and then you can put your "normal" rad in.

This shouldn\'t cost loads of money if you can do this yourself  

Hope this helps.
Title: fitting my greddy rad
Post by: brundish24 on May 06, 2007, 09:08:13 PM
will i still be able to got front mount with this?
Title: fitting my greddy rad
Post by: clive on May 06, 2007, 09:15:01 PM
Quote from: brundish24will i still be able to got front mount with this?


If your mounting both intercooler and Rad upright you should have room between the two to mount a little oil cooler
Title: fitting my greddy rad
Post by: brundish24 on May 06, 2007, 09:20:24 PM
so what is a oil cooler sandwich plate and what else do i need
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