Avoneer
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| posted on 15/11/07 at 12:35 AM |
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Oil Cooler for Blade
What's the best way to connect it?
Sandwich plate? (what size?)
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Crazy Eddie
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| posted on 15/11/07 at 11:13 AM |
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Hiya Pat,
I don't have an oil cooler on mine but if you check out John's website I know he fitted one:
Turboblade
Hope this helps
Eddie
www.EdwardsSchoolOfMotoring.co.uk
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progers
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| posted on 15/11/07 at 11:40 AM |
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With a blade its really not necessary to connect an oil cooler if you get the water cooling correct. Its all about getting good airflow through your
rad and a means for the hot air to escape away from the engine bay.
Most RGB racers do without. Andy Bates sells a very good quality Rad that will definitely solve your problems if you have issues with a micra/polo rad
installation. By the time you have bought an oil takeoff plate, hoses and cooler, the more expensive water rad doesn't look such a bad deal. No
external oil cooler also means less chance of failure, leaking joints etc.
Food for thought
- Paul
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Avoneer
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| posted on 15/11/07 at 12:04 PM |
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I'm using the standard blade rad and my water never gets over 91ish, even on track days.
My oil temp gets upto 120 though.
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paublo999
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| posted on 15/11/07 at 05:07 PM |
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Hi,
I had a the same scenario, good water temps and oil approaching 120 after 10 laps of Knockhill
I contacted Think Auto, they will supply a sandwich plate for between the oil filter. I went for 3/4 bsp connections and picked up an 8 row / 235
width cooler "Serck" off ebay for £25. All in all around the £70 mark with connectors etc...
All in all the car runs much better, but probably a bit over cooled at this time of year.
Paul.
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Avoneer
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| posted on 15/11/07 at 05:58 PM |
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Do you know what cnnectors were on the sandwich plate?
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 15/11/07 at 06:52 PM |
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Dont you allready have a water to oil cooler allready fitted as std ?
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ChrisGamlin
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| posted on 15/11/07 at 07:43 PM |
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Hi Pat
As you know I had two other engines before the one you've got now, all were 919s and all installed identically.
The first engine oil temp used to about right although a smidge higher than ideal on very hot trackdays. The second one ran slightly cooler, verging
on being a bit low on track unless it was quite warm. The last one (the one you have) ran hotter than either especially in hot weather when I had to
keep an eye on it on long sessions, although the water temps for all were about the same.
The same can be said of a couple of friend's 893s, they both ran hotter than my first two engines but about the same as the last and needed a
cooler. I cant really explain why, I dont know if there's a variation in tolerences on the bearings etc, but if Id kept that engine I would have
probably put an oil cooler on, which I didnt need for the other two.
Chris
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andrew.carwithen
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| posted on 15/11/07 at 07:46 PM |
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I thought you were selling your car, anyway, Pat?
Or have you changed your mind again?
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Avoneer
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| posted on 15/11/07 at 11:18 PM |
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Cheers all.
Yep - it's still up for sale, but I intend to keep "tracing" it until the day it goes (just done Donnington).
I also want it to be 100% reliable when it goes ('cause I'm nice like that).
I'm already working on the replacement car that's in my drive to turn it into a track car.
Chris - do you know what sort of sandwich plate I need?
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paublo999
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| posted on 16/11/07 at 08:47 AM |
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size = 3/4 bsp
two push fit connectors on to the plate, with two 90's for the cooler end.
make sure you mount the cooler in front of the radiator, seems simple but I have seen a few that are oil heaters with the air from the rad cooking the
oil...
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ChrisGamlin
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| posted on 16/11/07 at 09:31 PM |
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Pat, might be worth giving Think Auto a call, they must have supplied quite a few by now
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 17/11/07 at 05:29 PM |
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bandits run oil coolers, you could pick up one of them cheap on the bay of e I bet.
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