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?

[brant]

cool lots of interesting tidbits...
where to start.

previous motor(s): a T-4... short lifed, built, race engine
It was not dry sumped... but no cavitation problems... differnt pump, different one off sump.. plus accusump. Lots of internal oiling mods... still apples and oranges.. but this motor would get hot. --------------------------------

Now, have a 2.0S/6 engine. Updated rods (2.2) lots of oiling mods, upgraded pumps, aluminum block motor.
I always whine about this, but the local vintage club is extremely restrictive... They only allow 914's to have 2.0L/6 motors. Nothing bigger, no 4 cylinders, only 60 series tires, Only metal panels, etc... etc... etc...

Thus I have to run a 2.0
I will however be able upgrade to a twin plug at a latter date, because the factory did..... I'll have a stock 160hp (ish), although I believe some of the 2.0's around here run in the 220 range.

I'll plumb appropriately and have an invaluably experienced race shop double checking my work.. I'm not too worried about the scavenging, and doing it right.

I think the 34016 model is a single pass cooler and the 34017 a double pass cooler. I'll have to find my notes, but I had a long discussion with the fluidyne engineers... surprisingly the double pass is not a huge benefit, but they swear there is no additional restriction.

I definitely don't use 90 fittings, always have used earls in the past... but might try aero fittings this time.

I think I could get away with a single cooer/maybe...
but here is my reasoning:

-I didn't want to be anywhere close to the thermal limit (remember I'm sick of that)
-Its a two driver car at altitude...
-I couldn't run a large single cooler and still fit the mandated fuel cell I wanted to use.. I wanted a large enough cell for enduros, and the rules mandate a cell....

JP.. go look at gunnar racing's site... I'm plagerizing their cooler set up, but this allows me to open up the trunk for the cell...

brant