I bought a stock protege radiator made for a automatic protege. It had transmission cooler built in which i turned into a oil cooler. I was able to remove the stock SMIC but had to make my own brackets to hold radiator in place
this is a VERY good idea.. I might have to consider this route myself. is it more effective than the stock oil cooler this way? did you route your oil through the rad or just chop the coolant lines and run them through the oil cooler portion of the rad?
Seems like you are having a ball doing this. Oh well you'll get it done later and have the satisfaction of having done it yourself. Make sure that you check and retighten all those coupler clamps before buttoning everything back up. Especially the ones that won't be easy to get to later.
