Thoughts on rear-mounted oil cooling
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Thoughts on rear-mounted oil cooling
So I'll be using a side exit exhaust on my little build. 6 speed to an 8.8/Bossfrog setup. There will be no room for a 3" exhaust to get past that subframe. If there is, I'm not willing to do the work to get around it!
This leaves me with emptiness ... but in a good way
How's about an oil cooler where the stock muffler location use to hang out? Did some research, got a couple of ideas and what not, and found out that nobody's actually done it. Great. So how's the flow back there? Would it be beneficial? I'll either use my FC oil cooler or just buy another single-pass cooler. The idea of freeing up room for the radiator/condenser/front mount is appealing, especially in this awesome Houston weather. Any insight or experience would be great.
This leaves me with emptiness ... but in a good way
How's about an oil cooler where the stock muffler location use to hang out? Did some research, got a couple of ideas and what not, and found out that nobody's actually done it. Great. So how's the flow back there? Would it be beneficial? I'll either use my FC oil cooler or just buy another single-pass cooler. The idea of freeing up room for the radiator/condenser/front mount is appealing, especially in this awesome Houston weather. Any insight or experience would be great.
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FM's Track Dog work. Email them and ask, serious. They have great customer service, and may prove me wrong, but I believe I remember them saying it didn't work, perhaps Keith said it somewhere during his Targa build, I forget.
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I would think you might be able to fab up some kind of underbody NACA-duct that could direct air up through there. Might even help a little with smoothing out flow behind the bumper? I suppose there's also an equal chance that it would ruin everything air-flow related catastrophically. Hell if I know, I'm no aerodynamicist :P
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I would think you might be able to fab up some kind of underbody NACA-duct that could direct air up through there. Might even help a little with smoothing out flow behind the bumper? I suppose there's also an equal chance that it would ruin everything air-flow related catastrophically. Hell if I know, I'm no aerodynamicist :P
(That's for a rear diff cooler though, of course)
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All good points, thanks. I might look into some NACA ducting, but like I said, not much is getting past that goddamn subframe. Open to any other ideas that doesn't involve front mount. BTW, this will not be tracked, maybe autocrossed, big maybe.
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Then you don't need an external oil cooler.
If you already have a 1.8 engine, then you should already have the best oil cooler for street use, which is the little water/oil sandwich plate that sits under the oil filter.
If you don't already have this device, it's an easy (and inexpensive) upgrade.
And best of all, it serves a dual purpose. When cold, the engine coolant warms up to normal operating temp faster than the oil, so this device allows heat to transfer from the warm coolant into the cold oil.
If you already have a 1.8 engine, then you should already have the best oil cooler for street use, which is the little water/oil sandwich plate that sits under the oil filter.
If you don't already have this device, it's an easy (and inexpensive) upgrade.
And best of all, it serves a dual purpose. When cold, the engine coolant warms up to normal operating temp faster than the oil, so this device allows heat to transfer from the warm coolant into the cold oil.
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