front mounted oil coolers?

[Lee.C]

does andyone know whith fitting to use for the EMPI Oil Cooler ? (LONG)
Its not metric, or ?

thank you

Its probably a "tapered" type pipe fitting 

[Harry/FDK]

does andyone know whith fitting to use for the EMPI Oil Cooler ? (LONG)
Its not metric, or ?

thank you

You asked me the same question thru the Lounge/mail as well. 1/2"NPT to -8 or whatever - you want to plumb your system.

[Harry/FDK]

Havent been on this post for a while. How about useing two cooler's with there own fan, But one is on all the time for cooling and the other, Turned on when needed in winter to blow warm air ducted, for inside car ?

Danny, something like this ?

[tonybone]

Hi Guys.
Ive been running a front mounted cooler for years and I went that route as obviously being at the front its naturally in the air flow.
Engine is a 2276 with FK87 running 10.5 CR. The oil system consists of a Deep sump, 30mm Pump, Oil thermostat and remote filter. No dog house cooler.  1/2 inch lines running either side of the car and a front mounted Porsche cooler just under the front bumper. The cooler fits directly between the bumper irons so mounting was easy. I had an aluminium mesh in front of the cooler to protect from stones etc.
Running temps never exceeded 180C even sitting in traffic or driving at motorway speeds.
For me this setup will and always will be the only way to go for a hypo motor.
The extra oil in the system always helps and the long oils lines never gave me a pressure loss at idle when hot.
One thing though.. I'm running a Porsche upright cooling system which as we know helps a lot. But saying that the fan speed was reduced by using a berg power equaliser pulley, and a high 3.88 final drive ratio.
More oil, and more air is the way to go for me.
Ill dig out some pics.
Cheers. TB

[drgouk]

Hi Guys.
Ive been running a front mounted cooler for years and I went that route as obviously being at the front its naturally in the air flow.
Engine is a 2276 with FK87 running 10.5 CR. The oil system consists of a Deep sump, 30mm Pump, Oil thermostat and remote filter. No dog house cooler.  1/2 inch lines running either side of the car and a front mounted Porsche cooler just under the front bumper. The cooler fits directly between the bumper irons so mounting was easy. I had an aluminium mesh in front of the cooler to protect from stones etc.
Running temps never exceeded 180C even sitting in traffic or driving at motorway speeds.
For me this setup will and always will be the only way to go for a hypo motor.
The extra oil in the system always helps and the long oils lines never gave me a pressure loss at idle when hot.
One thing though.. I'm running a Porsche upright cooling system which as we know helps a lot. But saying that the fan speed was reduced by using a berg power equaliser pulley, and a high 3.88 final drive ratio.
More oil, and more air is the way to go for me.
Ill dig out some pics.
Cheers. TB

Hi Tony, I would be keen to see some pics, Thanks David.

[Harry/FDK]

Hi Guys.
Ive been running a front mounted cooler for years and I went that route as obviously being at the front its naturally in the air flow.
Engine is a 2276 with FK87 running 10.5 CR. The oil system consists of a Deep sump, 30mm Pump, Oil thermostat and remote filter. No dog house cooler.  1/2 inch lines running either side of the car and a front mounted Porsche cooler just under the front bumper. The cooler fits directly between the bumper irons so mounting was easy. I had an aluminium mesh in front of the cooler to protect from stones etc.
Running temps never exceeded 180C even sitting in traffic or driving at motorway speeds.
For me this setup will and always will be the only way to go for a hypo motor.
The extra oil in the system always helps and the long oils lines never gave me a pressure loss at idle when hot.
One thing though.. I'm running a Porsche upright cooling system which as we know helps a lot. But saying that the fan speed was reduced by using a berg power equaliser pulley, and a high 3.88 final drive ratio.
More oil, and more air is the way to go for me.
Ill dig out some pics.
Cheers. TB

You mean 180F. Correct ?

[tonybone]

Harry well spotted ! Yes 180f

[tonybone]

David I'll dig some pics out and scan em in ! Hope quality is ok !
Cheers TB

[-Alex-]

I have chosen this setrab 490x136x40 oilcooler, it will be mounted to the mendeola bulkhead. It isnt straight at the airstream, so i may need to make ducting to the oilcooler or somekind clean spoiler.

[mrmut]

what kind of mercedes cooler jim?

It's a Behr unit from W123 turbo diesel (or W126 with OM617 eng)....part # 1261800065

same oil cooler has in 300d and 300td little big but in a quadratic form in the Mercedes E-class 300 turbo diesel engine om 606

[Martin S.]

We were considering using a water/oil cooler from a Porsche and adding a small rad in the front. Like this one: http://www.autopartsnetwork.com/w0133-1811769-engine-oil-cooler-genuine/ad8go_s4ilgpv

The advantage is that if the rad got damaged, there would be no oil down.