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Re: TR oil cooler

To: british-cars@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: TR oil cooler
From: TVRVixen@aol.com
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 17:54:52 -0500
At 6:32 AM 1/13/95, R.M. Bownes III wrote:

>I did this on my race Spit. the oil/water cooler from a VW vanagon is a
>direct fit, but requires that you either make an adaptor/extender (on
>the Spit at least) from the (I think these sizes are right) 3/8" thread
>on your block to either a 3/8 for a Spit filter *or* a 1/2" thread for
>a larger filter. I then plumbed it in where the heater used to be.
>There is no reason you couldn't put it inline with the heater hoses.
>The problem is the source of these parts. Get one from a breakers yard
>as the part new from VW is $178.00 last I checked, but about $10 from a
>junkyard.

I am a little late on this, but the SVO mustang engine and the XR4ti use
these oil/water coolers, and they use standard oil filters, try your  Ford dea
ler for the part.

Don


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