DeTomaso Mailing List: June 2001, Message #54

Kirby and the List,

By placing an exchanger in the pan there would be no need for oil lines
and there would be no drop in oil pressure. I may try it.

	Fred T.

Kirby Schrader wrote:
> 
SNIP............
> I like your idea, Fred. It would surely make a cleaner installation
> and reduce the length of the oil hoses.
> 
> By the way, when the thermostat in the adapter opens up, I see about
> a 4-5psi drop in my oil pressure. It used to run at 70psi when hot.
> Now it runs at around 65psi.
> 
> FWIW,
> 
> Kirby
> 
> At 9:01 -0400 2/6/01, F. & D. Terry wrote:
> >To the List,
> >
> >As another way to utilize the oil pan for oil cooling, does it sound
> >reasonable to install a heat exchanger of some type in the pan? The
> >Fluidyne oil to water cooler appears to be quite compact and if the area
> >devoted to oil was removed it seems the portion remaining for water
> >would not be that large.
> >
> >I'm not suggesting the disassembly of a Fluidyne oil cooler but instead
> >constructing a heat exchanger in an enlarged oil pan. The Pantera
> >coolant pipes are located so their connection to the pan's exchanger
> >would be easy.
> >
> >If there is a concern with a failure of the exchanger, how does Fluidyne
> >cope with this possibility? If anyone thinks this is worth pursuing, I
> >have a spare engine with a pan I could try modifying.
> >
> >       Fred T.
> 
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