Custom water/oil heat exchanger

[choom78]

integras and skylines have them as well if u looking for other alternatives.

I looked into this as a easier way around your traditional air/cooler but am yet to be convinced that the system has the capacity to pull down oil tempatures efficient enough (e.g. on a race track or continuos high rpm/load). Having our oil filters under the extractors doesn't help much either.

If you want to go try it, use a temp probe and measure to see how 'efficient' that thing is. I've seen results on other cars showing that those types of oem coolers don't meet the requirements as above but I be interested in the results anyway.

Some of the newer designs which involves a larger dedicated exchanger unit (seen in jags and mocal laminova would work better than those sandwich plates). Though if u going to spend that money, I've seen a very nice custom heat exchanger. Its normal but on the one of the side tanks it has 2 AN fittings welded and inside it has coils which makes up for a clean setup. Also remember, oil and water don't mix, so running them in parallel you hope theres no chance of any leakage, sipping etc.

[rthy]

choom when I get the chance I will be installing a temp probe in my sump to monitor the temps, I already have everything else setup for it. My concept works on the idea on if whats available doesnt have a capacity then hopefully with my custom design it would have a massive surface area and therefore have the poential ability to disperse the heat better than any stock one. I will have a look at the 3dge ones as I have been told they are beefier than the 5s I have. Also I know its one of those I will do it one day jobs but I want to put a heat sheild on the inside of my extractors, morso for my starter than anything else.

[Vezza]

On a slightly different note, what about using a radiator with an in built transmission cooler? Could you run engine oil through it or only transmission oil?

EDIT*
Although this would be a similar setup to a normal external oil cooler I guess. Cos the whole point of having the water/oil cooler on the block is to have the engine temps raise as quickly as possible, whilst being regulated by the thermostat.

[sr_rolla]

PWR make these coolers aswell btw, i found them the other night as I'm thinking along the same lines as Sam_Q with my car atm

[rthy]

what do these PWR coolers look like SR man? got a pic?

[sr_rolla]

its on there site, just goto the PWR website and look at water/air oil coolers

[rthy]

thanks, linky:



no pic yet