8 pin Hei problem
You say to the "right of" You mean outboard of (actually left) or inboard......towards the center of the car
If it's outboard of the master, I doubt you will find a cooler place in the bay
I had my 4 pin mounted above my dist. on the firewall and it "lived."
Actually I used the firewall as a heat sink as an experiment.
Stuff does fail occasionally