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Old 04-24-13, 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by RotaryResurrection

My point is that it seems to me like more "engineering thought" has been put into the oil lines on what is apparently a near-stock naturally aspirated car making <200hp than a most single turbo FD's.
And that's a bad thing?
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Originally Posted by DeaconBlue
And that's a bad thing?
well A) you spent a ton of time engineering stuff that worked in the first place and
B) you don't know that -8 DOES work.

C) you could have been playing with headers or suspension or something that makes the car faster.

i don't think its a bad thing to experiment though, as long as we learn something.
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s
well A) you spent a ton of time engineering stuff that worked in the first place and
B) you don't know that -8 DOES work.

C) you could have been playing with headers or suspension or something that makes the car faster.

i don't think its a bad thing to experiment though, as long as we learn something.
Well...

A) I am a degreed engineer that has work in the automotive performance industry for 28 years. I am making improvements all the systems on the car as well as looking at the aftermarket performance parts. Sorry, but these are obvious questions to me.

B) The ID of the -8 AN fitting are the same as the ID of the factory fittings. The ID of the factory hard tubular sections of these cooler lines are smaller than the ID of the -8 AN fittings and hose. The swept -8 AN fittings offer less flow restriction than the factory banjo fittings. Based on those facts, I know the -8 AN lines that I made will have a higher flow capacity with less restriction than the factory lines.

C) I have already done countless upgrades to all the system in the car to make it a better on the track as well as the street. Plus I have more parts out in the garage that still need to be installed. Thanks for your concern
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Originally Posted by deaconblue
well...

A) i am a degreed engineer that has work in the automotive performance industry for 28 years. I am making improvements all the systems on the car as well as looking at the aftermarket performance parts. Sorry, but these are obvious questions to me.

B) the id of the -8 an fitting are the same as the id of the factory fittings. The id of the factory hard tubular sections of these cooler lines are smaller than the id of the -8 an fittings and hose. The swept -8 an fittings offer less flow restriction than the factory banjo fittings. Based on those facts, i know the -8 an lines that i made will have a higher flow capacity with less restriction than the factory lines.

C) i have already done countless upgrades to all the system in the car to make it a better on the track as well as the street. Plus i have more parts out in the garage that still need to be installed. Thanks for your concern
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Originally Posted by DeaconBlue
Well...

A) I am a degreed engineer that has work in the automotive performance industry for 28 years. I am making improvements all the systems on the car as well as looking at the aftermarket performance parts. Sorry, but these are obvious questions to me.
I call bullshit due to the following:

Originally Posted by DeaconBlue
they restrict flow too much (2 PSI drop pre fitting)
You don't calculate a psi pressure drop, you calculate in/wg (inches of water column) per given length of friction over the entire system. Find your output needs at the various points along the length of the system, using some handy-dandy math you find your needed pump output.

Now, seeing as we have a standard pump (who knows the output?) and we know approximately the location of the oil jets along the system (if you were to trace it), (do you know the required pressures at each oil jet on the E-shaft?) you can then determine was is the maximum friction your system can tolerate before your pump cavitates and fries your motor. Now that you know the maximum friction, you can start figuring out the specs of each individual piece and building your theoretical system.

I think you are an "automotive engineer" like I was when I was a teenager. I built engines from scratch, I knew (know) my way around fabricating brackets and generic parts that aren't made otherwise ... but an "Engineer", that's a bit of a stretch given the holes of information in your posts.
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Originally Posted by Jet-Lee
I call bullshit due to the following:



You don't calculate a psi pressure drop, you calculate in/wg (inches of water column) per given length of friction over the entire system. Find your output needs at the various points along the length of the system, using some handy-dandy math you find your needed pump output.

Now, seeing as we have a standard pump (who knows the output?) and we know approximately the location of the oil jets along the system (if you were to trace it), (do you know the required pressures at each oil jet on the E-shaft?) you can then determine was is the maximum friction your system can tolerate before your pump cavitates and fries your motor. Now that you know the maximum friction, you can start figuring out the specs of each individual piece and building your theoretical system.

I think you are an "automotive engineer" like I was when I was a teenager. I built engines from scratch, I knew (know) my way around fabricating brackets and generic parts that aren't made otherwise ... but an "Engineer", that's a bit of a stretch given the holes of information in your posts.
Well you would be wrong.

I was trying to make this as simple and practical as I could. What I am not going to do is to give a lecture on fluid dynamics. Don't believe me about the noted pressure drop? Then why don't you look up the standard K factors used for pressure drop calculations and compare the values assigned to different design fittings. Or better yet, why don't you just use some pipe flow simulation software to answer the question. Or you can do a simple practical flow bench test on a couple different hoses and prove it to yourself. What these will all show you is the plain and simple truth that you should avoid the use of hard forged 90 degree fittings if at all possible when you are trying to minimize pressure drops in your system. On a practical application note, based on the line sizes, flow rates and pressures seen with typical automotive oiling systems, each hard forged 90 degree fitting used in an oil cooler circuit will result in a about 2 PSI drop.
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Originally Posted by DeaconBlue
Well you would be wrong.

I was trying to make this as simple and practical as I could. What I am not going to do is to give a lecture on fluid dynamics. Don't believe me about the noted pressure drop? Then why don't you look up the standard K factors used for pressure drop calculations and compare the values assigned to different design fittings. Or better yet, why don't you just use some pipe flow simulation software to answer the question. Or you can do a simple practical flow bench test on a couple different hoses and prove it to yourself. What these will all show you is the plain and simple truth that you should avoid the use of hard forged 90 degree fittings if at all possible when you are trying to minimize pressure drops in your system. On a practical application note, based on the line sizes, flow rates and pressures seen with typical automotive oiling systems, each hard forged 90 degree fitting used in an oil cooler circuit will result in a about 2 PSI drop.
As I've said before, if you want me to go through the calcs, pay me. I'm not doing free work for some stranger on the internet when I have way more reputable clients paying me to do work for them.

Your armchair engineering is flawed.

This thread is completely useless. You're trying to improve something that needs no improvement. Even then by improving it, you're gaining nothing. Useless.
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Originally Posted by Jet-Lee
This thread is completely useless. You're trying to improve something that needs no improvement. Even then by improving it, you're gaining nothing. Useless.
Maybe to you it is useless, but its not me. Then again useless seems to be sort of like trying to have a normal discussion with you. I know who and what I am, and I will stand behind my what I have said.

My father had a saying for people like you, "you're so smart, you're stupid" - translation: you have no common sense. By the way has anyone ever told you that you remind them of Sheldon Cooper? Anyways, it sounds like you should stop wasting your time here on the this forum and you should be using that time to concentrate on those paying customer's jobs.
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Originally Posted by DeaconBlue

My father had a saying for people like you, "you're so smart, you're stupid" - translation: you have no common sense.
Pot.


Kettle.


Black.



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Quick summation: both -10 and -8 work fine. I've personally run both.
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Originally Posted by DeaconBlue
Maybe to you it is useless, but its not me. Then again useless seems to be sort of like trying to have a normal discussion with you. I know who and what I am, and I will stand behind my what I have said.

My father had a saying for people like you, "you're so smart, you're stupid" - translation: you have no common sense. By the way has anyone ever told you that you remind them of Sheldon Cooper? Anyways, it sounds like you should stop wasting your time here on the this forum and you should be using that time to concentrate on those paying customer's jobs.
You wouldn't know common sense if it smacked you in the face, lol; hence this "technical" or "engineering" thread about a subject that doesn't matter in 99.9% of our cars. It might matter to PPRE or Mazda themselves, but that's about it. Why don't you email/call them and ask them to do the calcs for you ... for free. I didn't think so.

How would you know if I'm charging my customers for the time I'm on here? You don't. Perhaps your father was talking about you, kiddo.

Originally Posted by RotaryResurrection
Pot.


Kettle.


Black.



LOL!

Not saying I am or am not the pot or kettle, just lol'ing.

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