Gimmick or science?
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kwplot34
Heart Attack
It's just a heat sink,used in many products today to dissipate heat,there is one inside you're computer.
Cherry
DREAD NAUGHT
Another Saturday night blue light special.
Twin_Turbo
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If it didn't work, they wouldn't be making these as solution for when you're not running a separate fluid cooler:
BTW, it's an appleton filter/cooler/reservoir.
BTW, it's an appleton filter/cooler/reservoir.
mrvette
Phantom of the Opera
If it didn't work, they wouldn't be making these as solution for when you're not running a separate fluid cooler:
BTW, it's an appleton filter/cooler/reservoir.
Jeebus, that thing would drag the ground in a MOTOR HOME.....
:lol::crap:
JPhil
Huh?
I made one exactly like that for a spin-on filter on a motorcycle several years ago. All it is doing is increasing the surface area of the cylinder for increased heat radiation--just like fins on an air cooled engine cylinder. I folded up individual fins from sheet metal and attached them through slots with hose clamps around the filter. It was a pain in the ass, it took 10 minutes to get the fins alligned & flat on the surface each time I changed the filter. More of an exercise just to see if it would work, it did work great as an oil cooler without having to run more oil lines.
Twin_Turbo
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It's not for motor oil, it's a power steering reservoir w/ cooler jacket and a filter on the bottom.
Aircraft engines are air cooled, and rely partially on the oil to dissipate heat in addition to the air cooling. Since aircraft engines operate continuously at near wide open throttle, the oil can get pretty warm, so a heat sink/heat exchanger for the oil works well to assist in engine temperature control. Adding a finned heat exchanger to the filter is a mod not requiring a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) to retain FAA airworthiness certification. Plumbing in an engine oil cooler on an aircraft engine not already equipped with one would require an STC (with associated cost). So the filter cooler shown is a reasonable solution.
On a standard-performance car engine, the liquid cooled engine is kept at a modest temperature by the cooling system, typically in the 180-230 degree range. The engine oil, under normal driving conditions, is the same temperature as the rest of the engine. So the oil is not “red hot.” It’s the same temperature as the coolant. There is no need or benefit to using a heat exchanger.
When you start pushing the engine beyond “normal driving” limits, the oil can actually start getting hot from the higher bearing loads. For this reason, high performance cars (such as post-’84 Corvettes) have engine oil coolers. On engines without oil coolers, used in high performance applications, a heat exchanger or add-on oil cooler is of benefit to keep oil temperature and engine temperature under control. If this is needed, you’re actually better off installing a “real” engine oil cooler rather than the finned sleeve for the filter – you don’t have limitations on the work you can do on a car.
Lars
On a standard-performance car engine, the liquid cooled engine is kept at a modest temperature by the cooling system, typically in the 180-230 degree range. The engine oil, under normal driving conditions, is the same temperature as the rest of the engine. So the oil is not “red hot.” It’s the same temperature as the coolant. There is no need or benefit to using a heat exchanger.
When you start pushing the engine beyond “normal driving” limits, the oil can actually start getting hot from the higher bearing loads. For this reason, high performance cars (such as post-’84 Corvettes) have engine oil coolers. On engines without oil coolers, used in high performance applications, a heat exchanger or add-on oil cooler is of benefit to keep oil temperature and engine temperature under control. If this is needed, you’re actually better off installing a “real” engine oil cooler rather than the finned sleeve for the filter – you don’t have limitations on the work you can do on a car.
Lars
mrvette
Phantom of the Opera
I got a engine oil cooler from one of the guys on here, I think, and have the adapter housing, but the lines are over a hundred bux....ouch....
:gurney: especially since it's been 11 years since engine was put to work....
:gurney: especially since it's been 11 years since engine was put to work....
clutchdust
Millionaire Playboy
agreed. this thing will provide a very modest drop in oil temps. especially given the stock location of a SBC oil filter, the amount of surface area the oil is exposed to and air flow available (immediately next to an exhaust manifold to be sure) is just minimal at best. this thing is more a "feel good" mod than any actual benefit mod. you're so far ahead of the game by just putting on a proper oil cooler. now you might see something that is barely measureable with this if you remote mounted the oil filter in the path of cool air.
00fxd
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Harley Davisdon has/has one in thier accessory catalogue.
JPhil
Huh?
mrvette
Phantom of the Opera
Can't go lower though, hate going cast either....bad enough to dent and cut the stamping, but shattering something immediately trashes the engine with no oil pressure....
anyway they cost mucho bux....
for ME, I guess the remote oil cooler is the way to go....
:sweat:
00fxd
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Ha ! :crylol:
