[DeTomaso] Oil Cooler

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/10/08 6 37 5, scottcouchman at yahoo.com writes:


> Mike, why do you think the air to oil coolers don't work in Panteras???? 
> Companies sell them, so I assume they work in other applications. 
> 
>>>There's really no place to put an air-to-oil cooler, due to the shape of 
the car.   People like Bob Benson and Mad Dog have both tried numerous 
different approaches, and all of them failed. :<(

The factory Gr4 cars did have a very wide, short air-to-oil cooler mounted 
below and in front of the radiator; I don't know how well that worked.


> Air to water works and that's at a lower temperature differential than air 
> to oil. Are people trying to mount the oil cooler and just 'scoop' air flow 
> through without using a fan to suck air through?? 
> 
>>>Even the fans don't seem to work once the car gets under way.

> I'm interested in cooling my oil, but I'd rather not add that additional 
> heat load to the radiator......probably a common reason.
> 
>>>Due to the much greater volume of coolant versus oil volume, the 
temperatures aren't linear--that is, you don't add 20 degrees to the engine coolant 
when you shed 20 degrees from the oil.   I've read here that it's about a 10-to-1 
ratio, i.e. dropping 20 degrees of oil temp only adds 2 degrees of water 
temp.

We'll see?

Mike



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