The BHW oil cooler / heat exchanger arrived from the folks at Cascade German (formerly Bora Parts) and I've got it on.
I cut one of the original coolant lines that went to the A/T cooler and this is what we're looking like:
Now, if I can get the coolant flange situated, I can move on to wiring
Here's what I'm hoping to do for the coolant flange. A simple, sleek outlet that I can weld whatever I want to. There's only one problem... I need to find someone to machine it. Any takers? LOL
(excuse the crudeness. Getting Google Sketchup to place nice with all the faces is not easy - at least it isn't for me)
It's machined to have a 1.5" OD outlet. Then, I could take a piece of normal aluminum tubing and make whatever I need. I went with 1.5" because that's what our radiator is going to have for an inlet.
I wouldn't want to go too awfully far with my 1.5" tubing. Just enough to clear the back of the head and have a bend in it moving everything away from the exhaust and firewall - I'm thinking 30*-ish.
Once installed, it has a flat on the top. I think that could be drilled and have an aluminum bung welded to it to receive the stock Toyota coolant temp sensor.