Putting an oil cooler in front of the radiator is a bad idea since you
are reducing the radiator's effectiveness (if the hot air off the oil
cooler then passes through the radiator)
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
To: Paul A. Dolloff, Ph.D. <pauld@ekpc.com>; spridgets@autox.team.net
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, August 10, 1998 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: Oil Cooler Placement
>Saw a car shipped to Hawaii with the Heater deleted and the oil cooler on
>the self forward of the Radiator and aft of the grill... I think it was a
>Mk III but I am not sure...
>
>Keith Turk BN2, BJ8, AN5, AN9
>
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>> From: Paul A. Dolloff, Ph.D. <pauld@ekpc.com>
>> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Oil Cooler Placement
>> Date: Monday, August 10, 1998 9:27 AM
>>
>> List,
>>
>> Would members of the List mind suggesting where I should place a 13
>> row oil cooler from an MGB into my '66 Sprite? The Sprite has been
>> fitted with a 1275 and a crossflow radiator.
>>
>> My friend Peter Samaroo has been helping me on weekends perform a
>> nearly comprehensive mechanical restoration - no tranny or block
>> work. There has been a lot of interest by the List in following
>> Phillip's restoration work. Would anyone care to hear about what
>> Peter and I have been doing and encountering? Some of it has not
>> been pretty. Thank God for Peter's and Al Fisher's parts cars!
>>
>> I had no idea how many parts are/were missing from my car until I
>> spent a week at SpriteRush '98 and saw so many beautiful cars. I may
>> have had the sorriest looking car but at least I got to go. Allow me
>> to brag and mention that my bucket-of-bolts took first place in the
>> autotest event. I don't think Al will ever be the same after
>> surviving our trip to Gettysburg and back - something about a loose
>> (very loose) front end and temperatures exceeding 220 degrees. All
>> of this while I was trying to keep up with Frank and his green
>> rocket.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for the advise on my oil cooler placement problem.
>> Paul
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>> Paul A. Dolloff, Ph.D.
>> Lexington, KY
>> '66 A/H Sprite MKIII: HAN8l-59017
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