[DeTomaso] Oil Cooler

[Göran Malmberg]

Setrab http://www.setrab.com do have oilcoolers of good quality that also
could be had with thermostat and fan
http://www.setrab.com/uploads/media/Setrab_Proline_racing_oil_coolers.pdf

I have been using a number of them myself. Horizontally mounted behind the 
firewall
taking air from under the car. No air ducting as I didnt want air flow while 
during
warm up or cold weather. So the air did only pass the radiator by the fan.

Another thing with water to oil cooler is that it provides a certain ammount 
of oil
preeheating from the faster warmed upp water. Might be good on a street car 
that dont
see too hard driving and oil temperature.
Goran

.

>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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