Dual Oil Cooler Pics
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Dual Oil Cooler Pics
Seems like a year ago I promised someone I'd send some pics of my dual, stock oil coolers on my ITS car. I finally took the pics a month or so ago and just now hosted them. Here they are. The first two are of the "T" fittings used to route the oil. The last one is of the mount. All it is is a piece of 1/8" aluminum with four holes. Two are used to tie each one into the backside of the original mount and the other two are used to bolt the second cooler to in front of the other cooler which sits in the original stock mount. It ain't much but it might help? BTW, with the proper ducting this setup has cured some serious overheating issues.
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Why did you mount them in front of each other instead of on top of each other?
Did you run the oil lines in parallel to the coolers (out of motor, into both coolers, out of both coolers, into motor).................or did you run them in series (out of motor in the first, out the first, in the second, out the second, into motor)?
Looks good though, thanks for the pics.
Did you run the oil lines in parallel to the coolers (out of motor, into both coolers, out of both coolers, into motor).................or did you run them in series (out of motor in the first, out the first, in the second, out the second, into motor)?
Looks good though, thanks for the pics.
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Ok. I first mounted them one on top of the other and that was a big mistake. Pretty much shut the air off to the rad. Bad idea. Moved the second cooler in front of the stock cooler because it was easy basically. The cooler in the stock location isn't getting as much air but the setup is very effective on track. When I first laid it out like this I had thought of some ducting across the top and sides of the two coolers to keep the air from spilling out and helping to flow more air across the back cooler but that has proved to not be neccesary.
The coolers are plumbed in parallel. You can see the two "T" fittings mounted on the rear cooler. There is a higher pressure drop when running the coolers in series.
Pressure before the second cooler was 120 psi @ WOT with the Comp regulator. It's dropped to about 105 psi with the second cooler.
All in all, cheap, easy, effective.
Chris
The coolers are plumbed in parallel. You can see the two "T" fittings mounted on the rear cooler. There is a higher pressure drop when running the coolers in series.
Pressure before the second cooler was 120 psi @ WOT with the Comp regulator. It's dropped to about 105 psi with the second cooler.
All in all, cheap, easy, effective.
Chris
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Originally posted by rotary>piston
i don't think parallel would work.
i don't think parallel would work.
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Most of the IT racers that run dual stock coolers use parallel. I have heard of a coupe using series succesfully. Don't have good numbers on pressure drop or temps though. Common theory seems to be that series creates a larger pressure drop though.
Chris
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