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Dave,
I agree totally with what you say, BUT we are
changing the design and eliminating unnecessary weight.
I SUSPECT that the extra oil cooler is coming in
when the engine exceeds out RPM range or the other usual heating scenario's cars
experience.
TWO oil coolers have been tried and DO indeed
overcool the engine.
However if you can carry the weight and require
redundancy - why not have two!
George ( down under)
George Lendich wrote:
Better to have just the extra oil capacity.
George
Maybe I am taking the above statement out of
context, BUT...for the sake of any newbies here, I Just want to make something
perfectly clear here:
Oil (or water) capacity has NOTHING to do
with cooling ability. It only increases the "inertia" of the cooling system...
if you dont have enough heat dissipation through the rad or cooler, you will
still overheat. A larger capacity will simply mean it takes longer for that to
happen, but it WILL happen. The dual cooler setup on the renesis is there for
a reason. If you make enough HP, you will also make enough heat to probably
require the second cooler. You will have to dissipate that
heat.
The aux oil cooler I have here has what appears to be a
thermal bypass valve in it. When the oil is cold, it bypasses at the cooler
inlet to the cooler outlet. As the oil warms up, it is routed through the
cooling surfaces. I dont understand how a properly designed oil or
water cooling system can over-cool.
Just my 2 cents
Dave
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