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Re: [Fot] GT6 oil cooler

To: Jason Ostrowski <jason@multivintage.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] GT6 oil cooler
From: Scott Janzen via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 16:33:25 -0400
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I agree in theory, though my rad is oversized - keeps the car at 185 in =
the middle of August - even with the oil cooler in front.

On Mar 15, 2023, at 4:19 PM, Jason Ostrowski <jason@multivintage.com> =
wrote:

Mike.=20
Scott=E2=80=99s advice is all good except I=E2=80=99d try to mount the =
oil cooler under the radiator and little more forward.
I don=E2=80=99t like the air going through the oil cooler, warming up =
and then going through the radiator. If possible try to push fresh cool =
air for each cooler separately. All the air can pass through the grill =
for the radiator and the air for the oil cooler can come from below. =
(Through the air dam, and shrouded separately.)
Jason Ostrowski=20
Friendly Ghost Racing=20
1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 15, 2023, at 2:19 PM, Scott Janzen via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> =
wrote:
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> =EF=BB=BFMike, I=E2=80=99ve got my oil cooler located in front of the =
radiator - the radiator is not stock, is aluminum, wider than tall, and =
sits on top of the frame rails.  Can=E2=80=99t provide photos as the car =
is totally in pieces.  I=E2=80=99ve got a Canton remote cartridge =
filter, a blank-off plate where the stock filter goes, and oil feeding =
the system from the block -m one of the large taps/plugs in the vertical =
=E2=80=9Cline" where the distributor is.  =46rom there it goes to the =
filter, then to the cooler, then back to an octopus of four lines -one =
feeding each of the main bearings. This is detailed in one of Kas=E2=80=99=
 books - probably on Chuck Gee=E2=80=99s build.=20
> The simpler route, if you are not feeding individual bearings, is to =
get one of the filter blank-off plates with a supply and return tap, and =
run the supply to the filter and then to the cooler, then back to the =
blank-off plate.=20
>=20
> You can see some of this in photos here, but not the taps from the =
block feeding the bottom of the canton filter, or feeding the accusump =
(the line to the firewall).  =
http://www.britishracecar.com/ScottJanzen-Triumph-GT6.htm =
<http://www.britishracecar.com/ScottJanzen-Triumph-GT6.htm>
>=20
>=20
> On Mar 14, 2023, at 8:47 PM, Michael Deweerd via Fot =
>=20
> Amici, Can anyone send me some pictures and information on how to run =
an oil cooler on a GT6?  There isn't much room with the steering shaft =
right there.
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> Thanks in advance.=20
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charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">I =
agree in theory, though my rad is oversized - keeps the car at 185 in =
the middle of August - even with the oil cooler in front.<br =
class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Mar 15, 2023, at 4:19 =
PM, Jason Ostrowski &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jason@multivintage.com"; =
class=3D"">jason@multivintage.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><meta =
http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" =
class=3D""><div dir=3D"auto" class=3D"">Mike.&nbsp;<div =
class=3D"">Scott=E2=80=99s advice is all good except I=E2=80=99d try to =
mount the oil cooler under the radiator and little more =
forward.</div><div class=3D"">I don=E2=80=99t like the air going through =
the oil cooler, warming up and then going through the radiator. If =
possible try to push fresh cool air for each cooler separately. All the =
air can pass through the grill for the radiator and the air for the oil =
cooler can come from below. (Through the air dam, and shrouded =
separately.)<br class=3D"">Jason Ostrowski&nbsp;</div><div =
class=3D"">Friendly Ghost Racing&nbsp;</div><div class=3D"">1969 Triumph =
GT6+ racecars<br class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">Sent from my =
iPhone</div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><br class=3D""><blockquote =
type=3D"cite" class=3D"">On Mar 15, 2023, at 2:19 PM, Scott Janzen via =
Fot &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; =
class=3D"">fot@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">=EF=BB=BF<meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" =
content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" class=3D"">Mike, I=E2=80=99ve got =
my oil cooler located in front of the radiator - the radiator is not =
stock, is aluminum, wider than tall, and sits on top of the frame rails. =
&nbsp;Can=E2=80=99t provide photos as the car is totally in pieces. =
&nbsp;I=E2=80=99ve got a Canton remote cartridge filter, a blank-off =
plate where the stock filter goes, and oil feeding the system from the =
block -m one of the large taps/plugs in the vertical =E2=80=9Cline" =
where the distributor is. &nbsp;=46rom there it goes to the filter, then =
to the cooler, then back to an octopus of four lines -one feeding each =
of the main bearings. This is detailed in one of Kas=E2=80=99 books - =
probably on Chuck Gee=E2=80=99s build.&nbsp;<div class=3D"">The simpler =
route, if you are not feeding individual bearings, is to get one of the =
filter blank-off plates with a supply and return tap, and run the supply =
to the filter and then to the cooler, then back to the blank-off =
plate.&nbsp;</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">You=
 can see some of this in photos here, but not the taps from the block =
feeding the bottom of the canton filter, or feeding the accusump (the =
line to the firewall). &nbsp;<a =
href=3D"http://www.britishracecar.com/ScottJanzen-Triumph-GT6.htm"; =
class=3D"">http://www.britishracecar.com/ScottJanzen-Triumph-GT6.htm</a></=
div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On Mar 14, 2023, at 8:47 PM, Michael Deweerd via Fot &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; class=3D"">fot@autox.team.net</a>&gt; =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">Amici, Can anyone send me some pictures and =
information on how to run an oil cooler on a GT6?&nbsp; There isn't much =
room with the steering shaft right there.<div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Thanks in advance.&nbsp;<br clear=3D"all"=
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class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr"=
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dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><i class=3D""><font face=3D"comic sans ms, =
sans-serif" class=3D"">Mike Deweerd</font></i></div></div></div></div>
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