It seems not logical to make the oil capacity greater : if you need more oil
to keep the temperature down, the oil is too cool for the biggest part of a
30' race.
Why not stick with the standard oil capacity and only fit a (thermostatic)
oil cooler in the hot climates? Without oil cooler (5kg less car weight),
the oil T° seldom climbs above 90°C/195°F in the Triumph Competition races
(Europe).
Marcel
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Van: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] Namens timmmurphh@gmail.com
Verzonden: maandag 8 februari 2016 22:12
Aan: 'Steven Belfer'; 'FOT Triumph'
Onderwerp: Re: [Fot] Oil cooler yes or no?
To some degree I think it depends on the oil pan you are using. We have the
deep aluminum pan with fins which holds about 9 quarts on a fill. With this
much heat capacity and the additional cooling from the pan I don't think an
oil cooler would be necessary for sprint races. For the enduros it probably
would. Our car came with an oil cooler and we kept it on when we totally
rebuilt the car. On cool days (less than 60 -65 degrees) we block off the
cooler either partially or fully.
Tim Murphy
1961 TR4
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From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Steven Belfer
Sent: Monday, February 8, 2016 11:43 AM
To: FOT Triumph <fot@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Fot] Oil cooler yes or no?
Do you run an oil cooler on your racing Triumph?
I?m having a tough time getting access to the hoses on the oil cooler
adapter plate, it?s such a tight fit and I forgot to attach them before
installing the engine.
It?s a huge pain to take off the oil filter plate with the motor installed!
Wondering if the oil cooler is even necessary. I race in California where it
is over 90 degrees some of the time.
~STEVE
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