Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.69] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.3) with ESMTP id 2570923 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 07 Sep 2003 17:59:36 -0400 Received: from rad ([68.212.14.21]) by imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.27 201-253-122-126-127-20021220) with ESMTP id <20030907215935.HTGR1847.imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rad> for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2003 17:59:35 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "Flyrotary List" Subject: Howe "oil heat exchanger"- what a joke Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 16:59:36 -0500 Message-ID: <000001c3758b$542ff980$0201a8c0@rad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0001_01C37561.6B5C6280" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C37561.6B5C6280 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Greetings, =20 I spent about half a day measuring my potential space for a real oil = cooler, along with removing the plumbing from the heat exchangers in the = radiator. Once I got the lines off, I was able to look down into the port, and = could see just how useless the heat exchangers are. This link shows a picture = of the "cool tube" that Howe sells for running lines: http://www.howeracing.com/Radiators/Index-Coolers-CoolTube.htm Imagine this tube turned inside out, so the inside has the fins, and the outside = is smooth. Best I can tell, the oil runs through the middle, and that's = about it. Utter crap. All I was doing was making the oil dizzy having to run through both of these :-) =20 I looked at the space available, and can't fit the stock Mazda cooler anywhere easily. I should be able to go with the Setrab cooler pretty easily though. Now that I've done some measuring of the stock cooler, = and since it's made much the same way as the Setrab, I should be able to = figure out how the size of the stock unit compares to various Setrab sizes. = I'll shoot for something a little bigger than the stock Mazda unit, and give = it a shot. =20 =20 Cheers, Rusty =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C37561.6B5C6280 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
Greetings,
 
I spent about = half a day=20 measuring my potential space for a real oil cooler, along with removing = the=20 plumbing from the heat exchangers in the radiator.  Once I got the = lines=20 off, I was able to look down into the port, and could see just how = useless the=20 heat exchangers are.  This link shows a picture of the "cool tube" = that=20 Howe sells for running lines:  h= ttp://www.howeracing.com/Radiators/Index-Coolers-CoolTube.htm &n= bsp;=20 Imagine this tube turned inside out, so the inside has the fins, and the = outside=20 is smooth.  Best I can tell, the oil runs through the middle, and = that's=20 about it.  Utter crap.  All I was doing was making the oil = dizzy=20 having to run through both of these :-)
 
I looked at the = space=20 available, and can't fit the stock Mazda cooler anywhere easily.  I = should=20 be able to go with the Setrab cooler pretty easily though.  Now = that I've=20 done some measuring of the stock cooler, and since it's made much the = same way=20 as the Setrab, I should be able to figure out how the size of the = stock=20 unit compares to various Setrab sizes.  I'll shoot for = something a=20 little bigger than the stock Mazda unit, and give it a shot. =20
 
Cheers,
Rusty
 
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