[DeTomaso] Oil Cooler

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

That's interesting. What size Laminova did you use Roland?

Tomas
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roland Jaeckel" <detomaso at gmx.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 10:10 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Oil Cooler


>I used to have the oil cooler also in front of the right rear wheel. 
> I had a fan on and a scoop to the side grill of my GT5-S fender.
> It worked fine for years. Last year i owned the car, 
> i tried the Laminova water to oil cooler. It did not better than the former design. 
> On high revs, the oil was way hotter than it was before.
> I wouldn't use the Laminova again.
> My new car, a Group 3 will get the cooler again in front of the right wheel 
> with an electric fan and a scoop to suck the air from under the car.
> I can't tell now, how it will work, the car won't be ready before 2009.
> My ACcondensor will be mounted in front of the water cooler.
> I did that on all of my former cars since 1991.
> Roland Jaeckel
> DeTomaso Parts Center Europe
> www.detomaso.de
> 
> In a message dated 5/13/08 9:41:13 AM, garth_rodericks at yahoo.com writes:
> 
>> I recall that a couple years ago the guys at PIM told me that they were 
>> mounting secondary
>>  AC condensors in the engine compartment in that space in front of the 
>> passenger rear tire,
>>  because there was significant airflow there. How about mounting the oil 
>> cooler there? ....
>> 
> That was Hall Pantera's choice for position of an air-to-oil cooler several 
> decades ago, using a louvered splash shield between the cooler & tire on the 
> right. Seems the rotating tire/wheel causes some extra airflow at that point and 
> if the cooler is mounted tight against the splash shield, no ducting is 
> necessary. Exactly how much cooling you might get, no one's ever published figures. 
> 
> As for positioning a cooler next to the right header with an underbody 
> airscoop to direct air flow, the two guys I know that tried it got no measurable oil 
> temp drop on long runs. I tried a similar underbody scoop on another car in 
> the last century and also got no measurable oil temp drop. So this mod may not 
> be worth the weight of carrying it around. FWIW- J DeRyke
> 
> 
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