[DeTomaso] oil cooler

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

For reference, the Ford oil lines that came with the cooler were in fact 5/8" which I understand equals dash-10 size.

Tomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: <guson at home.se>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 4:54 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] oil cooler


> 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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