[DeTomaso] Front Oil Cooler

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

No on the front cooler.....Anyone planning to do any endurance or ORR driving needs the BIGGEST Fluidyne heat exchanger and lines they can use. if its just for 20-25 minute open track events then a good Fluidyne air-to-oil cooler will work won't do the job at WOT for much longer then 20 minutes.
   
  And remember JT has never went faster then 125 MPH at an ORR....hell you don't even need an oil cooler for those gramma slow speeds! ;-]  But I do agree with you a front monted cooler is a bad idea unless you are planning to run an inline pump which is just another potential failure point ready to happen.
  MD
   
   
  JDeRyke at aol.com wrote:
  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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