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Re: TC Oil Coolers

To: bharkins@tfb.com
Subject: Re: TC Oil Coolers
From: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 08:36:26 EDT
Hi Bill,
  Here's my first ripple of interest.
  Could you tell me, please, how to contact Phil Marino and to get the
Cedarstrand drawings.
Thanks,
Bob

 
On Fri, 22 Aug 1997 17:47:20 -0700 "Bill Harkiins" <bharkins@tfb.com>
writes:
>
> ->Ok, all you TC owners - a chance for you to share some 
>knowledge.......
>>
>>One of our customers wants us to fit an oil cooler to his 
>Shorrock-blown
>>but otherwise stock TC. Any suggestions for the best location for the 
>oil
>>radiator to get good air flow while avoiding vulnerability to 
>"sleeping
>>policemen"?
>
>I'm just in the process of installing one (on the TD block that will 
>go in the
>TC). The idea is from Phil Marino who has had his for many months and 
>gets
>about 5 degree lower water temp and +5 psi oil pressure. Use the MGB 
>oil
>radiator. Phil can supply mounting brackets that require no frame 
>modifications
>- the fit to the front shock mtg bolts. At the oil filter end, Phil 
>has two
>aluminum fittings that take a standard Fram filter which he has 
>produced for
>several years. For both the TC and the TD you use a Hayden #205 oil 
>cooler
>adapter (w/thermostat) which has an inlet and outlet fitting mounted 
>between
>the filter and Phil's unit. All the  connections, hoses, etc., are 
>avaiable
>from the Hoseman outlets. Carl Cederstrand has produced some detailed 
>drawings
>of the whole setup with all part numbers required. The final product 
>looks like
>a factory installation. I expect a wave of interest in this 
>modification for
>both TC/TD/TF.
>
>Bill Harkins
>Fallbrook, CA
>
>

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