Interesting /6 cooler set-up, RX-7 cooler in the lid. |
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Interesting /6 cooler set-up, RX-7 cooler in the lid. |
Mark Henry |
Oct 9 2010, 12:58 PM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
Here's an interesting cooler set up, done on a 3.0 245hp engine running in cali heat with no issues. Done for an original /6 that the owner didn't want cut up for a front cooler.
What do you guys think? BTW before you totally knock it it was done by Henry Schmidt at Supertec, so the builder does have some credibility.(IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/forums.pelicanparts.com-26-1286650724.1.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/forums.pelicanparts.com-26-1286650846.1.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/forums.pelicanparts.com-26-1286650846.2.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/forums.pelicanparts.com-26-1286650846.3.jpg) |
McMark |
Oct 11 2010, 11:54 AM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
Nice clean install! Whatever works is the perfect solution. Sorry all you armchair engineers, but if it works fine and keeps the motor and the oil cool, then all your BS about 'perfection' is irrelevant. If you want to go down that road, then ditch your aircooled BS motors, because water is FAR FAR more effective for cooling motors.
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andrewb |
Oct 12 2010, 04:45 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 113 Joined: 25-May 10 From: UK Member No.: 11,762 Region Association: None |
Nice clean install! Whatever works is the perfect solution. Sorry all you armchair engineers (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Everyone seems to be assuming that air will be flowing downwards through the cooler - which it will be with the car at a standstill (ref JP Steins test with a towel) - but when the car is travelling forwards the area behind the rear window will be at low pressure and will therefore draw air up through the grill and oil cooler from the engine bay. As long as the cooler is hotter than the air from the engine bay - which at 200 degs it will be - the cooler will have an effect. Looks like a tidy, effective and elegant solution to me. |
ArtechnikA |
Oct 12 2010, 06:22 PM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
...when the car is travelling forwards the area behind the rear window will be at low pressure and will therefore draw air up through the grill and oil cooler from the engine bay. Will this myth never die ? Why do you think the '73+ cars got deflector flaps _under_ the car ? What is the purpose of the airseals around the engine? There is a reason the intakes and cooling fans (/4 or /6) are above the airseals... The area behind the window has "lower" pressure than some places but it is not lower than the air pressure _under_ the car. Air does not flow up. (Some folks with water conversions have forced bottom-up airflow with scoops and modded (i.e. removed) airseals. We're not talking about them...) |
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