[T3] Oil cooler pondering

["Erkson, Toby" <toby.erkson@intel.com>]

In one of the VW magazines they showed how to replace the stock oil cooler
with
the larger Type IV one.  This allows greater oil cooling, particularly for
modified engines.

Question:  What if a Type IV oil cooler replaced the stock Type III oil
cooler? 
This assumes that you would mold the cooling tin to the T4 cooler similar to
the
stock T3 configuration.

In comparing the two coolers the T4 has two more cooling pathways to cool
the
oil so it's not that much bigger.  Would the extra heat from the T4 cooler
affect the rest of the cooling on the left side of the engine?  What are
your
thoughts?  Naturally, this conversion would be meant for engines that don't
have
to worry about other parts getting in the way, such as FI intakes.

What's interesting is that the T1 channels some cooling air to the oil
cooler
where the waste heat is expelled into the atmosphere.  On our cars some of
the
waste heat is expelled into the atmosphere by the #3 exhaust (notice the
vent/louver directly above the exhaust port in the cooling tin) but the rest
continues around the bottom of the #3 & #4 cylinders before being
discharged. 
Food for thought.

   Toby Erkson
   air_cooled_nut@pobox.com  <-- Please use this address for email
   '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed
   '75 Porsche 914 1.8L, ORPCA member
   Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/


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