Oil cooler..........round two, AKA fun with foam! Options

[East coaster]

So after a little brainstorming on an oil cooler layout, I figured I better actually do it.

Started out by figuring out the mounting of the cooler itself. It's a very large (4 x 24 fin area) and I think a good fit for a 3.6 since it doesn't have an engine mounted cooler. I started by cutting sections out of the front support tray for clearance and then re-boxing the area to keep the shelf rigid and serve as a mounting point for the front of the cooler.

Here's a pic of the cut outs...........

[Dave_Darling]

QUOTE (GTPatrick @ Feb 17 2006, 06:23 PM)

Why not somehow vent it out through the trunk lid infront of the windshield instead of into the wheel area ?

The cowl area immediately in front of the windshield is a high-pressure area. Air won't flow to there very easily. The wheel wells are a low-pressure area, air will flow to there. The air coming out of the cooler is not going to be enough above ambient to make a big difference to the brakes, which see truly hellish temperatures at their "business end". When you're trying to cool something that's 950F, there's not much difference between using 80F air and (average) 90F air...

Near the front of the front hood could work, and might have the side benefit of giving you a little down-force. But that kills almost all of the front trunk for storage.

--DD