Linear Oil Cooler

[tacker]

Guys,

Anyone used a linear oil cooling line?

Which is basiclly a aluminium pipe with oil line fittings in each end and machined groves down its length mounted under the car. Used in nascars i am told rather than normal oil to air coolers.

[Ronin 09]

where do you run the line?

it's the exact same principle as a radiator style but just finned on the length by the sounds of things.

if you were really clever you could determine the surface area of either type and see how much heat dissipation you'll get out of both...

[tacker]

LOL not that clever saddly.

I tried to get a pic but no luck yet they come in 3, 4, or 6 foot lengths and have about a 3/4 inch bore and about 1 1/2 OD.

My thoughts were to get 2 of the 3 foot items and install them into a aluminium header tank and turn them into an oil to water heat exchanger by running the coolant from the engine into this headertank whick is about 90 degrees on outlet of the engine. The oil would pass through this first then onto the 2 air oilcoolers before getting involved with the up and down bits. And hope fully get over this oil temp issue for good.

I found that running my fuel return through an aluminium pipe back to the tank has worked well as fuel temp has dropped about 10 degrees ( measured on the black swirl pot )

Edited June 17, 2007 by tacker

[Omurru]

all sounds like a bit over overkill to me, for what reason can't you use a normal air to oil cooler? Don't the RB26 engines already have an oil to water cooler as part of where the pressure sender/filter bolt up to the block.

I do like the aluminium pipe for the fuel return line though

[tacker]

Nope dont think its over kill!

My version of over kill is having to do track sessions in 43 + degrees (without killing engine). So hot now we have to do night session under lights.

Yes RB26 do have an oil to water heat exchanger, but even with 2 x oil to air coolers my oil temp still bumps 120 degrees. Will also allow another 4 litres of coolant which will give the coolant more time out side the engine which can only be a good thing.

[STATUS]

Guys,

Anyone used a linear oil cooling line?

Which is basiclly a aluminium pipe with oil line fittings in each end and machined groves down its length mounted under the car. Used in nascars i am told rather than normal oil to air coolers.

they are nowhere near as effective, great for fluids which have a low density like fuels etc but i used one for pwr steering a while back but it did not cool anywhere near as much as a stack type cooler.

[tacker]

Cheers Uras might go for heat exchanger