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Rear Mount Oil Cooler Planning, Ok, leaking oil again... |
BeatNavy |
May 31 2020, 06:45 AM
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Certified Professional Scapegoat Group: Members Posts: 2,924 Joined: 26-February 14 From: Easton, MD Member No.: 17,042 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
With the addition of my 2270 I'm now pushing oil temps toward 230 on an 80 degree day. I am not surprised, but wanted to run it for a bit just to make sure an external oil cooler is truly necessary.
I think it is truly necessary. I've researched and planned this some, but I'm still looking for sanity check, comments, and answers where appropriate. You'll notice I'm trying to stick with Setrab for most of this under the assumption that the pieces should work together. 1. This will be rear-mount cooler: Setrab Series 1 19-row w/Fan. It looks compact, has the fan, and was recommended to me. It will be mounted somewhere under trunk / over gearbox, probably passenger side. 2. Sandwich plate adapter. I've considered going with CFR's system, but I'll probably stick with the sandwich plate route at this point. Which sandwich plate? I assume it needs to be low-profile to avoid interference with cross-bar, but these things run from $26 to over $200 depending, I guess, whether or not they have thermostat. I was thinking of going with this one: 3/4 x 16 1-inch Sandwich Plate 3. Oil line fittings. I guess I need 2 for the sandwich adapter plate and 2 for the cooler itself. From a planning standpoint should I assume straight, 45 or 90 degree angled, particularly for clearance purposes off the adapter? 4. Oil lines. Going with steel braided, and I was thinking about 10 feet of AN8. Any advantage/disadvantage to AN8 versus AN10?. I'm going to get the Koul Tool oil line tool to help fabricate these. 5. Thermostat fan switch - was planning on the Setrab 190 degree thermostat switch. 6. Then I guess I need to go fused or relay on the power. Need to research that a bit more. 7. Am I missing anything or any other gotchas before I start ordering stuff? As always, thanks for advice and help. Adding an external cooler obviously makes everything a bit more complex and crowded underneath. I guess I should have stuck with the original 1.7L I had years ago. NOT! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) |
BeatNavy |
Jun 1 2020, 03:16 PM
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Certified Professional Scapegoat Group: Members Posts: 2,924 Joined: 26-February 14 From: Easton, MD Member No.: 17,042 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Thanks for everyone's input. Put a sizable order in to Pegasus Racing today, after getting some friendly help from the proprietor. I decided to go with the SS lines as I kind of want to learn how to make them. I did get the Koul Tool for that. The guy at Pegasus was recommending also getting some vice adapter, but said it wasn't 100% necessary.
I also decided to go with 10 AN at the end of the day. So in summary, my "shopping cart:" 1 Setrab 19 row series 1 oil cooler w/fanpack 1 mounting bracket for said cooler 1 Setrab sandwich plate adapter 4 m22 to 10AN adapters 10 feet of SS braided AN10 (hope that's enough after taking into account FUBARs!) 4 AN 10 hose fittings 1 inline thermostatic fan switch 1 crossover relay 1 wiring harness 1 AN 10 Koul Tool Here's a question: what oil filters are you running with sandwich plate? I can see it's going to be a tight fit against that crossbar with the Mahle filter. I recall reading that a 944 filter fits and is lower profile? I'm going to try to fab up something like Gerry posted here. Hey @Gereed75 , I also learned that "AN" stands for "Army Navy" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Big thanks also to Joe ( @Porschef ) for walking through with me what he did on his setup, and to John ( @wndsrfr ) for making a generous offer of his oil cooler. I'll try to update once I get parts and get ready to install. |
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