[Fot] Oil cooler yes or no?

[Greg Blake]

Just looked at my gauge. I routinely hit 220 not 250 as I stated earlier. 

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> On Feb 8, 2016, at 6:07 PM, Marcel Van Mulders <van.mulders.marcel at telenet.be> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] Namens timmmurphh at 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
> 
> -----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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