oil cooler temp Options

[SirAndy]

anyone ever bothered to measure the running temp of a front-oilcooler?
does it even get hot enough to use it as a heater "replacement"?
brad said that he doesn't like the front-coolers that route the air upwards
with an exit through the trunk lid because you get all the hot air in the car
when the top is off.
question is, does it really get that hot?
if yes, i could route the air from the front cooler under the hood right into
the inside to get some heat.

what'ya'think?

[J P Stein]

Brant:
The cooler is a 34016.
2 34017s? Whatdaya got in that thing a 502 BB? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Seanery (if that's your real name):

I cut the three holes not knowing if they would be enough venting for the cooler.Ya gotta start somewhere, and uncutting holes is a bitch, whereas cutting more is easy....and that is a structual section.
In any case, they do the trick. I have never seen more than 90c (195f) on my gauge. ufl don't "sit in traffic" and idle....cept in the AX staging lanes.
I'm not sure, but I think that area behind the trunk wall is a low pressure area or pressure neutral at least. The front bumper is a high pressure area, fer sure.
BTW, the "gravel pan" that covers the lower section of that area, is in place. It is a structual part of the car, IMO.

There are a number of "tricks" that can be used to help these motors run cool. I used everyone I could come up with. The most important one is the cuts on the air deflectors around the cyls. I may woof this motor some day, but it ain't gonna be cause I let it get too hot.

A correction. The thermostat opens around 175f rather than 185f as I wrote before. Opens fully around 210f.

Some more stuff....a mixture of opinion and fact.
There is a direct correlation between heat and hp.....burning more fuel produces more power and also more heat.
Heat is a motor killer when it exceeds the thermal limits of an engine. This is (or seems) to be particularily true of an air/oil cooled engine.
What "seems" to be sufficient cooling for 10 minutes of WOT may not be so for 20 minutes of WOT. Heat soak will get ya.
Brad related a problem that a racer he knows
going slower each lap after several minutes of running.
.....heat soak, I fugure....things start to tighten up, leading to more heat, leading to more tightening....yada.

Porsche started using Nikisal clys in their race cars for less friction, better heat disipation, more compatible expansion rates with the pistons...it sure as hell wasn't cause they were cheaper than Brial. They also went to case squirters....which shoot oil on the bottoms of the pistons to keep em cool.

There's more, but I've rambled on long enuff.