[DeTomaso] Oil cooler question

[Larry Weston]

If the oil cooler was plumbed in series with the cabin heater lines would a thermostat even be necessary? Seems like an effective way to get cold engine oil up to operating temperature as quickly as possible and allow minimizing of oil cooler line length at the expense of slightly longer heater hoses.


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Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 10:06 AM
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Oil cooler question

I have a Laminova oil cooler on the outlet of my radiator and for street
use in the desert, it does a pretty good job. When I used the car on our
local road course race track, oil temperatures would start getting into
the 240 degree area. My car has a front mounted air conditioning
condenser, so the area where the original condenser was located was
available to install an air to air DeRalle oil cooler with its own fan
assembly. Oil temperature is now staying around the 210 to 220 degree
range when the car is being tracked. My engine has a Titan oil pump
which was set up to compensate for the additional oil lines to and from
the coolers.

Two oil coolers may sound like overkill, but the second oil cooler which
is now in the rear of the car was actually very easy to install. The
rear cooler fan has a thermostatic switch which doesn't come on until
the oil reaches 180 degrees, which in turn doesn't allow the oil to be
too cold. High horse power engines generate lots of heat and cooling the
oil also helps to keep the water temperature down.

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   If the oil cooler was plumbed in series with the cabin heater
   lines would a thermostat even be necessary? Seems like an effective way
   to get cold engine oil up to operating temperature as quickly as
   possible and allow minimizing of oil cooler line length at the expense
   of slightly longer heater hoses.
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   From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
   JFFR <pantera at vtc.net>
   Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 10:06 AM
   To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Oil cooler question

   I have a Laminova oil cooler on the outlet of my radiator and for
   street
   use in the desert, it does a pretty good job. When I used the car on
   our
   local road course race track, oil temperatures would start getting into
   the 240 degree area. My car has a front mounted air conditioning
   condenser, so the area where the original condenser was located was
   available to install an air to air DeRalle oil cooler with its own fan
   assembly. Oil temperature is now staying around the 210 to 220 degree
   range when the car is being tracked. My engine has a Titan oil pump
   which was set up to compensate for the additional oil lines to and from
   the coolers.
   Two oil coolers may sound like overkill, but the second oil cooler
   which
   is now in the rear of the car was actually very easy to install. The
   rear cooler fan has a thermostatic switch which doesn't come on until
   the oil reaches 180 degrees, which in turn doesn't allow the oil to be
   too cold. High horse power engines generate lots of heat and cooling
   the
   oil also helps to keep the water temperature down.
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