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StratPlayer |
Jan 28 2003, 09:46 PM
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StratPlayer Group: Members Posts: 3,293 Joined: 27-December 02 From: SLC, Utah Member No.: 27 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Heres a shot of my oil cooler, its in a 76 2.0 efi. had this installed when I had the engine rebuilt last year,, I now have some alumn. bar installed to protect the cooler and a space saving spare.
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campbellcj |
Jan 31 2003, 12:22 AM
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I can't Re Member Group: Members Posts: 4,573 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Agoura, CA Member No.: 21 Region Association: Southern California |
My ravenna car had a huge Earls cooler under the rear trunk floor (like the pic above, except on the right side and farther back away from the exhaust).
It made a very noticable difference, but not enough for serious track use. Without it though, that car would essentially just keep zooming up, to 300F if you'd let it. I just ran Mobil1 in the car and prayed to the 914 gots when the temps inched over 250. At 260-270 I would immediately pull off track and go for a cool-off drive. I suspect it might help if the cooler were tilted downwards so that it caught a bit more airflow. Or even completely "vertical" if it was one of those wide & short coolers. Without an external cooler, my current car (2.4/four) runs about 230F max (normally more like 210-220) in street driving and interestingly stays a tad cooler than the previous car on the track. But it still gets way too f'ing hot...so it is about to get a mondo front cooler in a week or two. I will need to be able to run 30 minutes at near-redline in 100-115F ambient temps. |
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