Cooling a 2.7l Type 4 easier/harder/same as a 2.7L flat six? |
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Cooling a 2.7l Type 4 easier/harder/same as a 2.7L flat six? |
Tdskip |
Aug 7 2020, 12:30 PM
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Only a slightly theoretical question at this point – is there anything inherently different, or different in practice, between the oil cooling set up needed to keep a 2.7 L flat six cool versus the same displacement 2.7 L big Type 4?
It would seem like the flat six would have smaller displacement per cylinder and that might have less heat and more cooling fin surface area? Kind of an interesting topic I think / hope. Happy Friday. |
Tdskip |
Aug 8 2020, 02:06 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,686 Joined: 1-December 17 From: soCal Member No.: 21,666 Region Association: None |
Thanks for all of the responses.
Changing the oil every couple thousand miles isn’t a big deal, longevity is probably fine if I can get 40-50K out of it. Going to take me a long while to get that sort of distance in. Let me just state that I know this is all bit daft, I kind of just really want to do I and I know I’ve got non-trivial trade offs. The 2.7L Type 4 will boot right in since the front cooler is already set up for it and it would go right back in to the car it came out of. |
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