[Fot] Oil cooler yes or no?

[Robert Deanes]

I second the suggestion of the adapter from Greg, with the right conditions
you will blow the cooler apart,  Greg's design, worth the money. I would
have questioned this until it happened to me.I ran for 5 years on another
supplier and then it happened, luckily I had an adapter to bypass the
cooler and connect the oil lines together, one of those things that you are
glad you have it at the track ! What a mess that was !

On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 1:57 PM, TeriAnn J. Wakeman <tjwakeman at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 2/8/16 11:35 AM, rkramer3 at austin.rr.com wrote:
>
>> I am also in Texas and I wouldn't run without a cooler because of the hot
>> temps in general and the added benefit of the extra oil in the system. The
>> lines that come with the kits on TR3's are very difficult to manipulate as
>> you have noticed. Some come with BSP (British Std. Pipe) fittings. Why not
>> switch out to an AN setup and use a cut to fit hose set up and route the
>> hoses over the top of the inner fender. You can get the push on hose and
>> fittings in black and it looks pretty nice even on period correct cars.
>>
>> .
> Greg Solow's Engine Room can provide a high quality oil cooler adapter
> that is superior to ones you might find through the usual suspects.  I
> suggest having custom hoses made up with angled fittings that make
> installation and removal a lot easier. When I had mine made up I decided
> which fitting angled the hoses best towards the cooler and had hoses made
> up with that fitting and one end, extra length, and no fitting at the other
> end. I connected the hoses to the oil cooler adapter, routed the hoses,
> decided which fittings would work best at the other end, marked where the
> hoses should be cut then had the shop make up the other end of the hoses.
> Perfect fit, best routing, and easiest to install. If the second fitting is
> an angled fitting don't forget to mark the direction the fitting needs to
> fit on the hose.  Don't fool around with generic one size maybe kinda fits
> some hoses when you can have hoses that fit perfectly and have the optimum
> angle fittings.
>
> TeriAnn
>
>
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rob deanes
TR Racer
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