I believe that adding anything to the congestion of the engine compartment
is counter productive. Besides with synthetic oil it is moot. Regards,
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Hill" <Pirouette@uisreno.com>
To: "Theodore V. Brown" <tbrown@midcoast.com>; <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: MkII Oil Cooler in MkIA
> Tod,
> Thanks for the input! Following up on that sentiment......does anyone
> here think an oil cooler is worth the trouble to begin with, regardless of
> fitment problems??
>
> Chris
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Theodore V. Brown
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 5:47 AM
> Subject: MkII Oil Cooler in MkIA
>
>
> Many years ago I did just what Chris mentioned. I took an oil cooler
from
> a
> wrecked MkII and installed it in my MkIA. No problem, as it just bolted
> in,
> but my car was pretty late in the run of MkI's (B382002384) so Jensen
must
> have made a change along the way somewhere. Perhaps the deletion of the
> hand crank tube took place when the change was made to square corners,
etc.
> If you are looking for a creative way to install the cooler, you could
> install it
> upside down (blocking the flow to the radiator) like the shop that did
the
> resto
> on my car did! In any case, I never was able to notice much of an
> improvement
> in heat management with or without the cooler in place.
>
> Tod Brown
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