[DeTomaso] oil cooler

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/10/08 11 18 45, guson at home.se writes:


> Having just done this I have the installation process fairly fresh in my 
> memory. I installed mine vertical (John Taphorn style) on the firewall but mine 
> did not require a hole in the chassis. This seemed logical as my car already 
> had the swirl tank removed by a previous owner. Thomas T installed his 
> horizontal underneath the AC compressor. These both seem like a better position 
> than up front as even with hardline parallel to the water tubes for the oil 
> you're looking at quite a lot of hose plus all the transitions between hose and 
> hardline which in itself will introduce restriction. Let me know if you need 
> any more info later. Right now it's Friday night here and I've already 
> started drinking! :-)
> 

HAHAHA!!!

I thought about both of those options.   Unfortunately on my car, that area 
is already very crowded.   I have the flat firewall kit which repositions the 
alternator outboard of the A/C compressor, and I still have both bottles.   
Mounting the cooler in that neighborhood would require extensive head-scratching 
and re-plumbing of the cooling system.

Chris Difani also has a bunch of stuff going on over there, what with his 
various electro-gimmicks (remote-control relay-actuated sun visor actuators and 
whatnot).   So for us at least, that area isn't really feasible.   Mounting 
them up front is a practical solution for us, and would be a practical solution 
for most people.   Using Dash-10 hoses (short) and hard lines (long) should 
prevent any meaningful restrictions to oil flow, as they would be a fair bit 
larger than the OEM Ford hoses.

That's the idea anyway--we'll have to see how it works out before we start 
pitching this idea to others.   I plan to instrument my car before installing 
the thing, then driving up the road in third gear at 5000 rpm for a fixed 
distance and taking oil and water temp measurements before and after implementation.

Mike


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