Return-Path: Received: from [169.207.3.120] (HELO out0.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.3) with ESMTP id 2570974 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 07 Sep 2003 18:34:23 -0400 Received: from mail0.mx.voyager.net (mail0.mx.voyager.net [216.93.66.205]) by out0.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CC0A27B8A for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2003 17:33:25 -0500 (CDT) Received: from u036fr3za011 (d110.as0.wtma.wi.voyager.net [64.77.136.238]) by mail0.mx.voyager.net (8.12.9/8.10.2) with SMTP id h87MXJT4075842 for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2003 18:33:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <006f01c3758f$c2ff7300$3c40fea9@u036fr3za011> From: "Barnhart" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Howe "oil heat exchanger"- what a joke Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 17:31:15 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_006C_01C37565.D7161080" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_006C_01C37565.D7161080 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Russell Duffy=20 To: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 4:59 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Howe "oil heat exchanger"- what a joke Greetings, 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 :-) 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 Cheers, Rusty Anyone remember who made the oil coolers that caused the inflight = fires on the 20b pusher? Barny MGDQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- This message scanned for viruses by Corecomm=20 ------=_NextPart_000_006C_01C37565.D7161080 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
 
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From:=20 Russell=20 Duffy
Sent: Sunday, September 07, = 2003 4:59=20 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Howe "oil = heat=20 exchanger"- what a joke

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=20 outside is smooth.  Best I can tell, the oil runs through the = middle, and=20 that's about it.  Utter crap.  All I was doing was making = the oil=20 dizzy 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=20 should be able to go with the Setrab cooler pretty easily = though.  Now=20 that I've done some measuring of the stock cooler, and since it's made = much=20 the same way as the Setrab, I should be able to figure out how = the size=20 of the stock unit compares to various Setrab sizes.  I'll = shoot for=20 something a little bigger than the stock Mazda unit, and give it a = shot. =20
 
Cheers,
Rusty
 
 
Anyone = remember who made=20 the oil coolers that caused the inflight fires on the 20b=20 pusher?
 
Barny
MGDQ
 
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