Hot, Hot HOt!! (suggestion to bring doen the oil Temp)

[tyrone27 at gmail.com (Derrick floyd)]

low temp thermostat and fan switch and 20W-50

On 6/12/05, Neptuno <neptunonc@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Standard advice in the past was to add an oil to air cooler and 180F
> thermo controlled sandwich plate. Could be a holdover practice from
> aircooled cars which were notorious oil cookers, but they were
> considered absolutely essential for any tweaked motor. Drake, among
> others, recommended them even for stock applications.
> 
> http://pws.prserv.net/gforbess/scirocco/cooler.jpg
> 
> I don't see much talk about any kind of oil coolers here. Does that
> little joke of an oil/water cooler gizmo really do anything? I see
> Potter doesn't even sell a real oil cooler.
> 
> 
> Gordon,
> 
> is that the 240 Volvo intercooler that you have on that picture? In anycase how much more oil is needed in the car to make the pressure costant? or does the stock levels apply?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> El Tony
> 
> 
> 
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