Tom, right you are on "pitch the cooler". WE see peopel at swap meets
buying used coolers. Ususally try to give them a business card for
theengine pars they are about to need. WE offer Mocal componenets for
this plumbing operation. Ted
tom strange wrote:
>Jack,
> Right.... as usual.... I would add one comment on the sandwich adaptor...
>pay attention to which way the oil is run through your adaptor. Some adaptors
>run the oil from the engine to the oil cooler first, then the filter... others
>(harder to find... Ken, I think yours is set up this way) run the oil through
>the filter first then the cooler.
> IMHO the second, (filter first) is the better. In case of making a minor
>amount of metal insid the engine, the oil cooler may be salvaged. In the case
>of the oil going to the cooler first.. any amount of metal produced in the
>engine is going to be in the cooler, making the cooler an automatic
>throw-away; at least in my shop. Re-used coolers have been the culprit for
>many blown engines, just not worth the risk.
>
>
>
>"Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net> wrote:
>Some time ago I spent some time researching the adapter and the thermostat.
>Here's what I found, although as usual it is subject to correction from
>anybody who has direct and real life knowledge of them:
>
>The oil pumps in our engines put out oil at a quite a high volume and
>pressure. If you instrument it and read the gauges, the unregulated
>pressure out of our pumps is well in excess of 90 psi, which was the
>highest my gauge would go. The filter adapter that bolts to the block sends
>ALL this oil at this pressure through the oil cooler, and if you have a
>remote oil filter, as used on some race cars, this means that the seal on
>that filter sees a pressure en excess of 90 psi all the time. If that
>doesn't bother you, that's okay, but it is probably the reason for the
>frequency of oil cooler and oil filter failures in race cars. However,
>there are two other adapters on the market that correct this. One is a
>proprietary product sold by Greg Solow. The other is the round kind that is
>sandwiched between the oil filter and the filter head, sold by Ken
>Gillanders of BFE. There may be others. The latter two allow the pressure
>relief valve to do its job on the oil going through all the external lines
>and then through the pressure relief valve, so the engine oil gallery sees
>the pressure set by your pressure relief valve.
>
>The thermostat that is shaped like an "H" is indeed a bypass design. That
>is, at ALL temperatures, oil flows through the thermostat center leg of the
>"H" and back to the engine. At higher temperatures, the thermostat opens up
>and allows oil to flow both through the "H" and through the oil cooler.
>Which means, of course, that not all the oil gets cooled, but again, that
>may not matter.
>
>uncle jack
>
>
>Tom
>#4 white spitfire
>
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