Oil cooler placement - How have you done yours?

[giraffeinbath]

Thanks for the answers chaps, it's good that nobody has suggested that a remote cooler with a fan wouldn't be up to the job.

Lazarus: That's along the lines of where I what I was thinking. The setrab cooler that you are using, how large is it approx? Can you see it here?

Airsick: Liking the idea but I don't really want to mod the bodywork too much.

Steve C: Have you just run the oil lines down underneath the floor pan? I guess that length of line would have a cooling affect on itself even without the cooler!
Do you think this additional run would put a strain on the oil pump though?

[Lazarus]

the deminsions on the setrab is 8 1/2" x 5 3/4"x 2" you can check them out at the earls store (www.anplumbing.com)

i checked the link you posted and its the 19 row with m22 fittings but you would want the one with a fan pack

[giraffeinbath]

Originally Posted by Lazarus

the deminsions on the setrab is 8 1/2" x 5 3/4"x 2" you can check them out at the earls store (www.anplumbing.com)

i checked the link you posted and its the 19 row with m22 fittings but you would want the one with a fan pack

Cheers Lazarus

[Steve C]

Hi

I just ran the lines down the pan under heater channel bolts. The cooler is one I had left over from another car, its no the ideal size as its size doesn't allow it to be mounted square to the airflow.

I used to work in a performance VW workshop in the 70s and every one of our HP air cooled VW motors used a similar setup, a 16 row cooler on milder motors and twin 16 rows on bigger motors.

I used the stock dog house oil cooler block, drilled and tapped to take fittings. I fitted a fan switch in the dog house cooler block, it was supposed to turn on at 97c and off at 92c, it screwed up somehow and was turning the fan on way to early.

Steve

Sorry about the poor photo