I fitted an oil cooler today!!!!!!!
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Well I though I better as I have plans to do a few track days and top speed runs this year.

What a job it was! I used an oil thermostat as well as the oil temp take off, I used 10 jubilee clips! and what seemed to be meters or hose, it's taken me all day just to do it as room was tight and trying to route rubber oil pipes round in the shortest route isn't easy.

I just hope it gets used after all this work, probably only open twice a year LOL

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

http://www.mattwoodsphotography.com

whats your thermostat set at do you know? ive just got a 13 row i think, might be 10, put in without a stat at the moment, its amazing how much it cools the oil, hold the inlet and its hot, hold the outlet pipe and its alot cooler. probably coz mine is right behind the grille, no obstructions

A-series power! 1972|1310|T3 turbo|Omega pistons|Cantre main strap|Orange clutch diaphragm|AP race plate|Comp pressure plate|Lightened steel flywheel|13-row oil cooler|Vernier duplex timing gear|Phase 2 Piper cam|Green air filter|Hi boost carb needle/spring|2"Stainless exhaust|3"Play mini stainless rear box|Jack Knight s/c 4spd gearbox|Jack Knight s/c drop gears|Silicon coolant hoses|Lumenition HT leads|GAZ lowered height shocks all round|Steel flip-front|Rear safety devices cage|Group 5 arches|6x12 deep dish Minilites|Surf blue/Old english white|

I think its 74 degrees, which isn't reallt hot enough but it's better than nothing, won't make any difference on the cooling at low engine speeds as it bearly makes 70 degrees.
I that it you don't have a temp gauge? what i'd like to know is just how much in degrees drop does an oil cooler say 10 -13 row make? Any ideas people.

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

http://www.mattwoodsphotography.com

ive got an oil temp gauge ready to go in, just need to get some sort of adaptor made up for the sender unit. when i put it in over the next few weeks i'll run the car with and without the cooler and see what kind of difference it makes and let you know

A-series power! 1972|1310|T3 turbo|Omega pistons|Cantre main strap|Orange clutch diaphragm|AP race plate|Comp pressure plate|Lightened steel flywheel|13-row oil cooler|Vernier duplex timing gear|Phase 2 Piper cam|Green air filter|Hi boost carb needle/spring|2"Stainless exhaust|3"Play mini stainless rear box|Jack Knight s/c 4spd gearbox|Jack Knight s/c drop gears|Silicon coolant hoses|Lumenition HT leads|GAZ lowered height shocks all round|Steel flip-front|Rear safety devices cage|Group 5 arches|6x12 deep dish Minilites|Surf blue/Old english white|

I've got some kit you can borrow to find out if you want MW....

Alex

AlexF

1310turbo sounds good keep me posted.

Alex cheers for the offer mate i'll have a think about it.

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

http://www.mattwoodsphotography.com

Hi Folks!

I used a sandwich plate with a 74?C thermostat built in. But I think that is too cool for the oil. I asked at Think Automotive if the have a different thermostat, and yes, the have one with about 90?C, which works very good in my Mini now.

Bimmer Twinky headed and turboed A-Series:
http://www.minifreunde.at/harry/projects.htm

thanx for the tip harry, welcome to the site!

A-series power! 1972|1310|T3 turbo|Omega pistons|Cantre main strap|Orange clutch diaphragm|AP race plate|Comp pressure plate|Lightened steel flywheel|13-row oil cooler|Vernier duplex timing gear|Phase 2 Piper cam|Green air filter|Hi boost carb needle/spring|2"Stainless exhaust|3"Play mini stainless rear box|Jack Knight s/c 4spd gearbox|Jack Knight s/c drop gears|Silicon coolant hoses|Lumenition HT leads|GAZ lowered height shocks all round|Steel flip-front|Rear safety devices cage|Group 5 arches|6x12 deep dish Minilites|Surf blue/Old english white|

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Edited by AlexF2003 on 23rd Feb, 2004.

please ignore my post, I tell lies!!!

What did his post say before it was edited?

Nothing anyone will miss

AlexF

I'm curious
how can we edit , change, or delit a post from an other?
fab

fab, you need to be a moderator to change other peoples posts

Team Racing

some people eh?

The post I edited was completely pointless.. had no benifit for this post and bordered on agressive... so I edited it.

Alex

AlexF

what did it say i am new here an i dont like the sound of this 1275mk1miniturbo it sounds like a right to$$er if u know what i mean

I see Admin has changed his sig aswell...
Excellent work!

I can't remember now...

we need a mods room and a way to move posts there so all mods can see and have memories jogged!

It main no sence in this post thou...

alex

AlexF

Went for a drive with the new cooler, well after a long hard run with lots of boost the oil got to 80 degrees only. so at least i can now drive it hard for miles and miles now with out the odd short oil cool slow down breaks.

just thought i'd let you all know as some one might find it help full. the other thing is it's only a 10 row cooler!!!!!!!! so this mith of big 16 row oil collers needed is also wrong!

It's amazing what testing does rather than guessing

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

http://www.mattwoodsphotography.com

what do these oil thermostat thingys cost matt?

Team Racing

Not sure exactly mate but i think it's around ?15-20 for the thermostat and around ?14 ish for the temp take off.

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

http://www.mattwoodsphotography.com

really want to get my oil temp gauge in to see what effect my cooler has, dependant on that i will get a thermostat, although they sound like a good idea. and 80deg sounds very safe

A-series power! 1972|1310|T3 turbo|Omega pistons|Cantre main strap|Orange clutch diaphragm|AP race plate|Comp pressure plate|Lightened steel flywheel|13-row oil cooler|Vernier duplex timing gear|Phase 2 Piper cam|Green air filter|Hi boost carb needle/spring|2"Stainless exhaust|3"Play mini stainless rear box|Jack Knight s/c 4spd gearbox|Jack Knight s/c drop gears|Silicon coolant hoses|Lumenition HT leads|GAZ lowered height shocks all round|Steel flip-front|Rear safety devices cage|Group 5 arches|6x12 deep dish Minilites|Surf blue/Old english white|

yes mate it's very safe, if any thing it might be a shade to cool, but we all change our oils regularly i guess so it shouldn't matter.

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

http://www.mattwoodsphotography.com

More power if you keep it at about 100....


Alex

AlexF

Miniwilliams.
I recall you had some oil issues on your engine, did you find out the cause?? I remember your camshaft was truly properfecked.