I will take some measurements, but it will probably be next week.I have been following your build and was curious if you would be willing to take some measurements for me. I am wanting to do the conversion in my LJ but am planning on the third link on the front suspension coming pretty far up. I'm worried about it hitting the oil cooler and have not found anyone that makes a cooler relocate yet. Do you have measurements or would you throw a tape on the distance between the frame and the cooler. Also wondering where the bottom of the cooler approximately lands vertically in the frame rail. Is it about in the middle, even with the top, or closer to the bottom. Thanks
I have been told that a guy busted his oil cooler assembly, because he didn't have enough bump stop. Currently I've got excessive bump stop, because I haven't made time to optimize my clearances and I want to change up my fenders and do everything at the same time.
A remote cooler might be a cool thing, because it is crowded in this area. My cooler leaks, because I hastily overtightened my oil pressure sensor adapter and then tried to up the thread size and went to a tapered thread, but that didn't work either. Of course it leaks less than the crankcase breather. I do know that my upper control arm is closer than I'd prefer for comfort to the cooler and the diff is directly beneath it. I think it's closer to the bottom of the frame as well.
I wonder if you can talk with a builder and get a custom upper arm. That being said there's a lot of builds with a bunch of flex that have used the R2.8, so maybe talk with Axis and share your concerns, because they are doing this on much more modified rigs. However, Monday or Tuesday I should be back to the house and around my garage, if I can remember. I'll be there briefly today, but I get side-tracked easily and often.