[Fot] GT6 oil cooler

[Scott Janzen]

I agree in theory, though my rad is oversized - keeps the car at 185 in the middle of August - even with the oil cooler in front.

On Mar 15, 2023, at 4:19 PM, Jason Ostrowski <jason at multivintage.com> wrote:

Mike. 
Scott’s advice is all good except I’d try to mount the oil cooler under the radiator and little more forward.
I don’t like the air going through the oil cooler, warming up and then going through the radiator. If possible try to push fresh cool air for each cooler separately. All the air can pass through the grill for the radiator and the air for the oil cooler can come from below. (Through the air dam, and shrouded separately.)
Jason Ostrowski 
Friendly Ghost Racing 
1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars
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> On Mar 15, 2023, at 2:19 PM, Scott Janzen via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> Mike, I’ve got my oil cooler located in front of the radiator - the radiator is not stock, is aluminum, wider than tall, and sits on top of the frame rails.  Can’t provide photos as the car is totally in pieces.  I’ve got a Canton remote cartridge filter, a blank-off plate where the stock filter goes, and oil feeding the system from the block -m one of the large taps/plugs in the vertical “line" where the distributor is.  From there it goes to the filter, then to the cooler, then back to an octopus of four lines -one feeding each of the main bearings. This is detailed in one of Kas’ books - probably on Chuck Gee’s build. 
> The simpler route, if you are not feeding individual bearings, is to get one of the filter blank-off plates with a supply and return tap, and run the supply to the filter and then to the cooler, then back to the blank-off plate. 
> 
> You can see some of this in photos here, but not the taps from the block feeding the bottom of the canton filter, or feeding the accusump (the line to the firewall).  http://www.britishracecar.com/ScottJanzen-Triumph-GT6.htm <http://www.britishracecar.com/ScottJanzen-Triumph-GT6.htm>
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> On Mar 14, 2023, at 8:47 PM, Michael Deweerd via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>> wrote:
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> Amici, Can anyone send me some pictures and information on how to run an oil cooler on a GT6?  There isn't much room with the steering shaft right there.
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> Thanks in advance. 
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> Mike Deweerd
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