Need Advice - Best Location for Oil Cooler, Passenger rear fender well???? |
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Need Advice - Best Location for Oil Cooler, Passenger rear fender well???? |
Joseph Mills |
Jul 14 2005, 12:38 PM
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on a Sonoma diet now... Group: Members Posts: 1,482 Joined: 29-December 02 From: Oklahoma City, OK Member No.: 39 |
I have a 2"X5"X12" oil cooler. With the 2 computer fans mounted the total thickness will be about 4.5"
Initially I was planing on mounting the unit under the trunk on the passenger side as many others have done. It was suggested to mount it in the forward section of the rear fender well. While mounting my race tires recently I took a good look at the space and there is a ton of room in the forward section of the fender well. Doesn't Porsche mount some of their oil coolers in the same spot? I would be really interested in hearing the pros and cons of this location. |
jhadler |
Jul 15 2005, 09:37 AM
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Long term tinkerer... Group: Members Posts: 1,879 Joined: 7-April 03 From: Lyons, CO Member No.: 529 |
Not really. You -want- the oil to get up to 212 or so to boil off any adsorbed water vapor in the oil. And a little higher than that is just fine. Keep in mind that most "common wisdom" that out there in automobile land is dealing with water pumpers. Where there is a large volume of liquid coolant to pull heat away from the oil. For us, the oil -is- the coolant. Well, that and the air... But for the air cooled motors, temps of 220 are just fine. Save the money for a set of Koni's and enjoy the drive! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) Brant, I'll give the "hangin' in the breeze" concept some thought. Gotta see if it'd be legal for me to cut holes in the grille... Thing is, I have to retain the rain tray (darn -rules- (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif) ), so it would have to mount somewhere else besides under the grille when inside the engine bay... -Josh2 |
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