Heat problems on track: TECH. Read before adding an oil cooler!

[DerHase]

What about oil temps?

Due to the original log having the modeled oil temp instead of the true oil temp it was excluded from the charts. However on the dash i never saw anything about 235°F.

This.

Oil temps were never a "problem" with the oil cooler added, regardless of ducting.

For what it's worth, we saw 242F max oil temp MDI (which is on the dash) this time out.

In the past I don't think he's ever seen more than 250-260 in warmer weather.

We both had some problems with the ST loggers cutting out mid session which chopped a few portions of it off.. I think I need to bend the pins for better contact again (this solved the issue earlier this year and was problem free for quite some time).

 

[scrllock]

@Redslaya off topic, but how are your hood pins holding up? the only car i've seen in person had destroyed his core supports with them over time.

 

[Redslaya]

@Redslaya off topic, but how are your hood pins holding up? the only car i've seen in person had destroyed his core supports with them over time.

I still have the factory latch which does all the work. the hood pins are just there as backup in case the threads on the carbon hood fail and the OEM latch detaches.

 

[tigeo]

I still have the factory latch which does all the work. the hood pins are just there as backup in case the threads on the carbon hood fail and the OEM latch detaches.

 

[BeeryTravler]

Big thank you to DerHase and Redslaya for doing and posting all of this work.

Before I cut a hole in my bumper, does this positioning look good? Seems a little low but it's hard to tell from your photos. This is just a mock up, so it's not level yet or anything.

 

[DerHase]

Big thank you to DerHase and Redslaya for doing and posting all of this work.

Before I cut a hole in my bumper, does this positioning look good? Seems a little low but it's hard to tell from your photos. This is just a mock up, so it's not level yet or anything.

Looks good to me?

You’ll be trimming the exit tract either way, so as long as the cooler doesn’t hang below the plastic tray you should be good. Moving the cooler itself a tad higher might be beneficial for unintended impact purposes though.

FWIW @Redslaya removed has his exit tract cut flush with the bumper now, his little sacrificial scrap piece used as a gurney flap hit something (a reminder to not mount it hard to the cooler, but make flexible or just mount to the bumper) and he’s been running it just cut flush, with no issues. I would attempt to make that cut as tightly as possible though so air going into the bumper doesn’t just go under the car without going through a cooler.

 

[BeeryTravler]

Looks good to me?

You’ll be trimming the exit tract either way, so as long as the cooler doesn’t hang below the plastic tray you should be good. Moving the cooler itself a tad higher might be beneficial for unintended impact purposes though.

FWIW @Redslaya removed has his exit tract cut flush with the bumper now, his little sacrificial scrap piece used as a gurney flap hit something (a reminder to not mount it hard to the cooler, but make flexible or just mount to the bumper) and he’s been running it just cut flush, with no issues. I would attempt to make that cut as tightly as possible though so air going into the bumper doesn’t just go under the car without going through a cooler.

Cool, thanks. There is enough slack in the brackets to get it up a bit, but it should be well above the tray.

I was thinking of bending one of the cut-offs to ~45 degrees and taping it to the front of the opening on the bumper with aluminum HVAC tape, then sealing the opening to the duct with tape.

I'm hoping to get it all sorted by the 14th for an open lap day at HPR.

 

[Redslaya]

That does look a little low, i suspect the bottom rows of the cooler may be below the bumper line. you can kinda see where mine is mounted in this photo, which ends up being perfectly centered vertically in the bumper. Essentially you want the bottom of the cooler to be in line with the bottom of the condenser.

 

[BeeryTravler]

That does look a little low, i suspect the bottom rows of the cooler may be below the bumper line. you can kinda see where mine is mounted in this photo, which ends up being perfectly centered vertically in the bumper. Essentially you want the bottom of the cooler to be in line with the bottom of the condenser.

Ok cool. I just measured and the bottom of the cooler is about 1" below the condenser and right in the middle of the radiator support. I tried to match yours in that photo but I think my holes are lower and my brackets are larger.

I think I'm going to swap the Z brackets for some U brackets. It looks like that will bring the bottom of the cooler 0.5 inch above the condenser. Better a bit too high than low I think. And I really don't want to drill new holes in the crash bar, that was a pain in the butt and I broke a couple bits.

 

[Redslaya]

yeah, drilling the bumper beam is a pain. You can always pull the duct off and put the bumper on to check placement of the cooler before committing. That will allow you to get it perfect.