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| SirAndy |
 Feb 5 2003, 03:06 PM
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after a short brainstorm session with Roger Sheridan, brad and jason i've been busy bouncing around ideas about a good oil-cooling system and getting some air to my front brakes.
here's what i came up with so far: Oil-Cooling: my first idea was to just put a oil cooler in the front. i have a GT (916) front spoiler that already has the cutout for the cooler. but then, while looking at rogers car, i got a better idea. what if i put a oil cooler in the spot where the stock fresh air fan resides? this is a high pressure area (roger uses it as air intake for his tranny-cooler). i can then use tubes to run the air from the oil-cooler either inside the car (meaning i can have heat AND nice headers) or route it to the outside. the fans you see in the picture could be just 911 ventilation fans. using fans would also help cooling the car when i sit in traffic, which a normal front oilcooler does not do very well. any commentz? (IMG:http://www.sirandy.com/pix/914/ideas/oilcooling.jpg) Brake Air Duct: since i already have the above mentioned 916 front spoiler and it does not come with openings for brake cooling, i now can use the oilcooler cutout to run a tube (or duct) throught the sides of the front trunk and route the air to the brakes. any commentz? (IMG:http://www.sirandy.com/pix/914/ideas/brakeairduct.jpg) |
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| J P Stein |
Feb 5 2003, 03:43 PM
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Irrelevant old fart Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None |
I think that everone considering adding an external cooler goes thru this debate with hisself. Many try (myself included) to reinvent the wheel.
I would suggest that you only want to do this install once. That being the case, your future plans for a 3.6L dictate a monster cooler with a lot of airflow or , at least, a setup that can be replumbed from a smaller one (for now) to the biggie.....with enough air flow for the biggie. The nose, tho it can be a PITA, is the best spot. I also like to keep the cooler and lines below the tank.....not sure why, it just *seems* right....one of those intuitive things that I don't question any more. |
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SirAndy some ideas for oil-cooling and brake air ducts ... Feb 5 2003, 03:06 PM
brant A friend out here, runs that oil cooler set up on ... Feb 5 2003, 03:16 PM SirAndy yes, makes perfect sense. i agree with the not res... Feb 5 2003, 03:26 PM SirAndy damm brad, i need a spell-checker for my posts :s... Feb 5 2003, 03:28 PM brant Andy,
I know brad doesn't have cooling probs... Feb 5 2003, 03:33 PM SirAndy the word around here is that 195 degrees is optima... Feb 5 2003, 03:42 PM Jeroen hey andy,
cut some inlets for the brake ducts in ... Feb 5 2003, 04:16 PM Jeroen errrr... the pic above is "supposed" to be a sidev... Feb 5 2003, 04:21 PM SirAndy Don Wohlfarth Andy, not trying bust your bubble.
I don't th... Feb 7 2003, 05:42 PM Jeroen Hey Andy,
What type of calipers are you gonna use... Feb 7 2003, 11:08 PM
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