oil cooler inside trunk, on porsche factory backed car Options

[machina]

Can somebody explain this to me.

If someone on the list put their cooler inside the trunk, they would be flamed out the wazoo.

Found this pic in my 914 test report folio book. The car is Richie Ginther's production racecar that had factory backed support.

The text says they put the cooler in the trunk and that even in the hot CA climate, no problems with overheating. They were running a tweaked 2.0 -6.

These guys seem to know what they are doing, so what do they know that we don't?

dr

[lapuwali]

Been thinking on this subject, and one clean way to do this would be to replace the sheet metal on the tail where the badging and trunk release go with mesh. There's your air exit (should be a low-pressure area, too). To get air, in, you could cut into the rear wheel well along the side, or duct in through the engine bay. Naca ducts on the valances below the doors, up and over the engine, and into the trunk, perhaps?

I'm wondering, in fact, if this arrangement could be used for a water cooling setup to free up the front trunk and simplify plumbing. Probably not on a Chevy, but maybe on a non-turbo Soob or some V6 swaps...