Just put in an order for one of the Fluidyne's, but it looks like I'll have to do some modification to make this fit, but it shouldn't be too extensive.
About pulling the valve, I was just thinking that since my oil outlet is out of the bottom of the front iron, I could plug this outlet into the front cover completely as Lynn has suggested if I didn't need to have the valve.
I see that the exit side of this cooler has a bung for a pressure sensor. I think I'll move my pressure sensor down here so that I'll be measuring pressure before the filter the way Mazda intended.
Todd... too broke to say anything witty.... :(