Re: Oil Cooler

[king5zreo@juno.com]

Thanks Toby. A very good explanation.
Tom
'68 FB (Thumper)
'70 Bug

On Fri, 15 May 1998 08:50:00 -0700 "Erkson, Toby" <toby.erkson@intel.com>
writes:
>Nothing is wrong with them as they do the job they were engineered to.
>
>Key point, "they do the job they were engineered to".  However, once 
>you
>fiddle
>with the engine and make it big, say 2003cc with 8:1 compression, 
>things
>tend to
>get a little warmer and the stock cooling system, which includes the 
>oil
>cooler,
>cannot remove the excess heat fast enough.  One fix is to increase the
>cooling
>of the oil as it is fairly easy.
>
>Of course, keeping compression down to stock levels and not increasing 
>the
>volume of the engine would do the same thing, you just wouldn't have 
>the
>desired
>power ;)
>   Toby Erkson
>   air_cooled_nut@pobox.com  <-- Please use this address for email
>   '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L
>   '75 Porsche 914 1.8L, ORPCA member
>   Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>What is wrong
>>with the stock oil coolers? Just curious.
>
>

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