Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 23:04:24 -0500
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: RX7 oil cooler, anybody else install one?
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I've got a scoop setup for mine but it appears to work just as well
without it.
The acid test will be when daily temperatures reach 100 degrees (f) (the
f is so the Canadians don't Texas is Hell).
The scoop apparatus just goes on with three flat strap brackets so I'll
be testing it as the temperatures rise.
By then I'll be packing that home brewed hang on A/C window unit I built
for extreme camping when I give up the outback and start going to
Pay-For-A-View camping spots.
I had a 66 Turbo Corvair Coupe and never could keep a clutch in it. Motor
ran great though other than slow to start.
Back to the cooler, I ran my Westy real hard all the way from Dallas to
Albuquerque and never built any temps over about 220 (f) , coming back I
was driving at night and couldn't get the damn engine over 200 degrees
with 48-55 (f) temps.
Stan
On Tue, 28 May 2002 23:31:49 EDT FrankGRUN@aol.com writes:
> Stan,
>
> As you know I have one together with a remote oil filter setup, but
> my
> installation is more of the water-cooled inline 4 variety! For some
>
> air-cooled comment though, in my pre-Vanagon days, I mounted a huge
> oil
> cooler (aircraft surplus) (18 inches x 16 inches by 1.75 inches) on
> the
> underside of my '72 Safare hightop camper. I plumbed it between the
> frame
> rails (not the center section) and made a pair of aluminum scoops
> mounted on
> the top and bottom of the cooler. The cooler was mounted parallel to
> the
> floor with the top scoop outlet pointed to the rear, and the bottom
> scoop
> opening directed forward. I initially set it up for the AC VW engine
> (dropped
> top speed a bit with additional drag!). I then kept both it and the
> factory
> cooler on the Corvair 140 HP engine I put in to replace the VW. I
> wasn't
> monitoring oil temperatures well, but noted very significant CHT
> drops, and
> the oil lost its burnt aroma.
>
> Frank Grunthaner
>
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