[DeTomaso] Front Oil Cooler

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

If the water/oil cooler is placed in the return water line it could make sense using a thermostat. IIRC Jack has his cooler in the under car lines so it could be mounted in either of them I guess.

Tomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Taphorn" <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com>
To: <JDeRyke at aol.com>; <ddbt10 at msn.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: den 8 april 2007 05:47
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Front Oil Cooler


> Jack
> 
> Perhaps you should consider eliminating the thermostat.  While a case could 
> be made for the thermostat on an air/oil cooler, it strikes me as counter 
> productive on a water/oil cooler.  My reasoning is that since the coolant 
> heats faster than the oil, the oil cooler is actually an oil heater until 
> the oil absorbs more heat energy from the engine than the coolant. 
> Therefore, a benefit of the water/oil cooler is it gets your oil to 
> operating temps faster.  A thermostat would not only eliminate this benefit 
> and it adds a failure point.
> 
> JT
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <JDeRyke at aol.com>
> To: <ddbt10 at msn.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 6:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Front Oil Cooler
> 
> 
> > In a message dated 4/07/07 8:08:31 AM, ddbt10 at msn.com writes:
> >
> > << Has anyone located an oil cooler in the front of their Pantera?  >>
> >
> > A factory-option on the GT-5 and GT5-S was a rather small air-to-oil 
> > cooler
> > set a few inches behind the radiator. There were no ducts either in or 
> > out, the
> > hard lines running front-to-back next to the big water pipes are 0.340" ID
> > (way-too-small) and it may have had a bypass-type hookup which runs the 
> > cooler
> > in parallel to the main oiling system. I believe they used a stock output 
> > oil
> > pump. My best guess is the thing is worthless.
> > Remember, Panteras do not need oil coolers on the street. But if you must, 
> > I
> > suggest a water-to-oil cooler made by Laminova or Fluidyne. D Quella, 
> > Larry
> > Stock. MD Antenucci, J Taphorn and most of the higher-speed ORR group have 
> > found
> > them simpler to mount, easier to plumb and actually works. The units all 
> > pull
> > about 20 degrees off the max oil temp while only raising the engine water
> > temp by maybe 5 degrees.  MIne is the Ford police car unit made by 
> > Laminova, and
> > on our mostly-street car, oil temp creep was completely eliminated. 
> > Different
> > than some, I included an oil thermostat so our cooler is not in the system
> > unless the oil gets above 180 degrees. Good luck- J Deryke
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