Oil cooler
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Oil cooler
have been looking for an oil cooler since i recently went turbo and will be tracking my car. looked at B&M, but decided on a Setrab until i came across the Laminova Heat Exchanger on H-T. anyone have any experience with these?
Laminova Website
http://www.laminova-online.se/
Modified mag article
http://www.modified.com/tech/modp-09...ger/index.html
Laminova Website
http://www.laminova-online.se/
Modified mag article
http://www.modified.com/tech/modp-09...ger/index.html
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Re: Oil cooler
Laminova makes very nice stuff. For a street car you'd be just as well served by a standard oil cooler core though, which is usually a simpler installation (no extra coolant lines) and cheaper. For race duty it's a nice option because it keeps everything compact and limits the amount of external connections that have to be removed/reattached during tear-down.
Also remember that you have to remove the heat from the oil cooler with your regular radiator, so on a lot of turbo street cars where you're already at the limit of the OEM-ish cooling system that might not work so well. Air/oil cores like the Setrab units use ambient air that you don't have to pay for, and you're not worried about a small overall drag penalty on a street car with no aero package development.
Also remember that you have to remove the heat from the oil cooler with your regular radiator, so on a lot of turbo street cars where you're already at the limit of the OEM-ish cooling system that might not work so well. Air/oil cores like the Setrab units use ambient air that you don't have to pay for, and you're not worried about a small overall drag penalty on a street car with no aero package development.
Last edited by Fabrik8; 09-11-2010 at 10:12 PM.
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That looks cool (har har).
If you go the B&M route dont forget a thermostatic control valve for those really cold days. It might not be nessasary (iv seen a bunch with out one) but I like the fact that it's there.
If you go the B&M route dont forget a thermostatic control valve for those really cold days. It might not be nessasary (iv seen a bunch with out one) but I like the fact that it's there.
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I was liking those because of how compact it is and it’ll keep me from running 2 long oil lines and running into oil pressure problems. Looks like I’d be able to run it in the engine bay with no problems.
Was looking for a thermostatic sandwich plate but couldn’t find one with 2 1/8npt outlets
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Re: Oil cooler
Mocal makes oilstat sandwich plates for about $90-100, and all you'll need to get is the right adapter for whatever size lines you're using, which should be BSP to -AN fittings (they won't be NPT, that's for sure). Try Racer Parts Wholesale or BAT Inc if you want to look at them. They both also carry Mocal oil coolers (I think Mocal sells/labels all the Laminova in this country?) and Setrab too I think. It looks like the Setrab and Mocal air/oil cores are about 1/2 or 1/3 the price of the Laminova units. As far as I know all the Setrab and Mocal coolers come with -AN fittings.
NPT is for house plumbing.
NPT is for house plumbing.
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Re: Oil cooler
-AN is nice since you don't have to thread tape since it's self-sealing. It is pricier because of that though.
If you do drive in cold weather, get the thermostat! Especially if you don't have an oil temp gauge. Cold oil is worse than hot oil.
AN remote thermostat: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/EAR-501ERL/
If you do drive in cold weather, get the thermostat! Especially if you don't have an oil temp gauge. Cold oil is worse than hot oil.
AN remote thermostat: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/EAR-501ERL/
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Re: Oil cooler
Mocal makes oilstat sandwich plates for about $90-100, and all you'll need to get is the right adapter for whatever size lines you're using, which should be BSP to -AN fittings (they won't be NPT, that's for sure). Try Racer Parts Wholesale or BAT Inc if you want to look at them. They both also carry Mocal oil coolers (I think Mocal sells/labels all the Laminova in this country?) and Setrab too I think. It looks like the Setrab and Mocal air/oil cores are about 1/2 or 1/3 the price of the Laminova units. As far as I know all the Setrab and Mocal coolers come with -AN fittings.
NPT is for house plumbing.
NPT is for house plumbing.
-AN is nice since you don't have to thread tape since it's self-sealing. It is pricier because of that though.
If you do drive in cold weather, get the thermostat! Especially if you don't have an oil temp gauge. Cold oil is worse than hot oil.
AN remote thermostat: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/EAR-501ERL/
If you do drive in cold weather, get the thermostat! Especially if you don't have an oil temp gauge. Cold oil is worse than hot oil.
AN remote thermostat: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/EAR-501ERL/
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Re: Oil cooler
The earl one has three
edit: doh, someone beat me to it.
Last edited by MaxPower; 09-13-2010 at 02:04 PM.