[DeTomaso] Oil Cooler

mark skwarek ehpantera at yahoo.com
Fri Oct 10 11:29:05 EDT 2008


I am presently putting in an oil cooler in the location mentioned by Goran. I plan on putting a scoop underneath the car. Hopefully the ram air will work eleminating the need for a fan. I'll be going to a track day at Daytona in Nov. and will get back with the results.
Mark

--- On Fri, 10/10/08, Göran Malmberg <hemipanter at hemipanter.se> wrote:

> From: Göran Malmberg <hemipanter at hemipanter.se>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Oil Cooler
> To: scottcouchman at yahoo.com, "mike drew" <mikeldrew at aol.com>, "Pantera Forum" <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Date: Friday, October 10, 2008, 10:21 AM
> The problem is finding a good air stream for the cooler
> other than
> very long hoses to the front of the car. But I like the fan
> equipped
> Setrab coolers. In such application it is quite suitable to
> not have
> it in any air stream, then it will not cool the oil while
> the fan is not
> on.This means faster warmups.
> If we use a water to oil cooler will load the water cooler,
> but
> in any case will the total amount of heat to get rid of 
> need a
> certain radiator cooling area. Which could be a bigger
> water radiator or a smaller one together with an oil
> cooler.
> 
> If there is an oilcooler in front of the water radiator,
> this will also load
> the water radiator by blocking air flow and feeding it by
> hotter air.
> 
> I recomend a horizontally mounted Setrab thermostat fan oil
> cooler
> mounted  horizontally on the right side aft of the fire
> wall at the side
> of the inner rocker panel. then you dont need an leaky oil
> thermostat.
> Goran
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Scott Couchman"
> <scottcouchman at yahoo.com>
> To: "mike drew" <mikeldrew at aol.com>;
> "Pantera Forum" <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 3:36 PM
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Oil Cooler
> 
> 
> > Getting a traditional air-to-oil cooler to work in a
> Pantera is next to
> > impossible.
> > 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. 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??
> I'm interested in 
> > cooling my oil, but I'd rather not add that
> additional heat load to the 
> > radiator......probably a common reason. Scott
> >
> >
> >
> >
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