[Fot] Oil cooler yes or no?

[timmmurphh at gmail.com]

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

-----Original Message-----
From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Steven Belfer
Sent: Monday, February 8, 2016 11:43 AM
To: FOT Triumph <fot at 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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