oil coolers

[AndyFielder]

can people in the know help me to sort out an oild cooler and some hoses etc.

Should i use it instead of the water based one or stack the takeoffs ontop of eachother.. if you get what i mean.

My oil is always at 120degrees and i dont like it.

I know BBperformance do a kit for £126 but you must be able to get things cheaper than that and some sexy braided hoses for example.

Do you mount the new rad infront of the current one with long metal "screws"?

Andy

[MAXIBOY]

hi andy

you it instead of the current one. can be mounted where ever you like but in front of the rad is fine.ask gunner think he got the bits cheap. have you tried e-bay rally design etc

[Lunner]

I'm in the process of doing this.

Got my oil cooler 2nd hand, but new, take off plate with stat is £28+VAT from rally design, and i'm going to a local companny today to get prices of braided hoses, looking at rally design my cooler would have cost around £40+VAT

[stan]

rally design is best bet, will cost about £40 for rad, 15 for sandwich plate, and whatever it costs you to get a couple of pipes knocked up (about £40 to get them swaged properly).

[lewis_willy2]

i have a sandwich plate and cooler for sale? maybe?

pics to follow in a min

lewis

[lewis_willy2]

it does however require a thinner centre bolt, this is too long which is from my williams 2 engine

[AndyFielder]

Which sandwich plate do i need. Surly there is one where the center bolt will fit, what do you reckon needs doing to it to make it fit?

Have you got a new cooler on yours now?

Andy

[AndyFielder]

I need to know what size rad to get too.

Im running 120degrees atm and will be using high comp pistons with a limiter of about 12k in the future....

should i just get the biggest, with a termostat set at 100degrees or something.

[Lunner]

Got the hoses swaged up for about £40, as above take off plate with built in stat is £28+ VAT, but i'm thinking is a stat really necessary???

[MAXIBOY]

Got the hoses swaged up for about £40, as above take off plate with built in stat is £28+ VAT, but i'm thinking is a stat really necessary???

stops the oil over cooling so it gets up to temp quicker. over cooled oil is as bad as over heated oil really