Oil cooler or no oil cooler??
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Nothing derogatory towards blind folk intended.
If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.
Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.
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H2O has more mass than O2. To contain more heat and transport it away from the heat source.
Ps; on the lighter side, im at the starbucks right now , and a middle aged white guy came to me and asked if the car is mine(referring to the mini) i said yes and he immediately asked what was the ice chest in the back seat for, i said its my mini homemade A/C , i said inpit ice in it... He laughed as he walked his way to the counter. , i guess america is not yet totally ready for the comcept of renewable energy.
... And he said my mini is nice!
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Then see the Tatra Truck website.
//www.tatratrucks.com/trucks/
Then see the page on their engines:
Tatra engines
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from Tatra website:
"TATRA engine
A direct air-cooled V8 diesel engine with direct fuel injection (cylinder spacing angle 90 degrees), displacement of 12.7 liters, supercharged using a turbocharger and charge air cooler positioned directly above the engine."
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Mini's are like buses they come along in a bunch
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I was going to mention that the VW air cooled engine (and the Bug for that matter) was designed by none other than Ferdinand Porsche away back in 1934, and that the earlier Porsche 911 air-cooled engines are close cousins to the VW ones. But I thought that would be too much for Tony to absorb.
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And do you know how much the Porshe 911 costs??? fyi,some of them are $35K up...i saw one in california, they are selling a Porsche 911 shell only, for $12K..they're not cheap, mind you!!
some people just don't have eye for class and beauty....... anyway!
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I see classic VW's, bugs, vans, notchbacks cruising around Phoenix area.
Maybe not daily, but several a week. Some older than our classic minis.
Yes, they are fine.
Main reason I sold my 911 (aircooled) was a P.O. completely removed the A/C from the car. Black car, black interior in Arizona, I knew I wouldn't enjoy it.
I had bought a number of A/C items for it but didn't need another project.
Engine would have been fine, even with a reprofiled cam.
Most of us know you're right.
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No. NO OIL COOLER! And yes, it will last in Arizona, just as easily as an air-cooled motorcycle.
The German army used them quite successfully in WW2 in North Africa. The air-cooled engine (same design as VW beetle) was almost bullet-proof.
From WIKIPedia:
Among the design features that contributed to the Kübelwagen's performance were:
- Light weight, although some 41 cm (16 in) longer than the Willys MB, it was over 300 kg (660 lb) lighter.
- Very flat and smooth underbody, that allowed the car to slide over the surface it was traversing.
- Considerable ground clearance, roughly 28 cm (11 in), in part thanks to:
- The use of portal gear hub reduction, providing more torque and ride height simultaneously.
- Independent suspension on all four wheels.
- Self-locking differential, limiting slippage and retaining traction.
Apart from that, the air-cooled engine proved highly tolerant of hot and cold climates, and less vulnerable to bullets, due to the absence of a radiator. For starting under winter conditions, a specially volatile starting fuel was required, contained in a small auxiliary fuel tank.
As the body was not a load-bearing part of the structure of the vehicle, it could easily be modified to special purposes.
The Kübelwagen could reach a top speed of 80 km/h (50 mph).
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DO NOT FEED THE TROLL
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Maybe Richard1 can post pictures of the air-cooled Corvair engine, showing its similarities and differences. (I recall they had a much longer fan belt.)
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To me, radiators and oil coolers have two different task. It cools two different departments. The radiator cools the engine blocks to avoid rupture of engine gasket caused by excessive heat. Oil coolers on the other hand keeps the oil temperature from rising to high, in effect it prevents oil from becoming too thin amd loose its lubricating power, if you notice , when cold , the oil pressureis high and gradually goes down as the oil thins as it gets hot. All minis should have both radiator and oil coolers.
Now here's a question: old VW beetle only uses oil coolers. No radiators, and yet classic VW dont overheat???? And moreso, VW engine is situated in the back of the car, no air draft to aid in cooling.
Does the mini engine really had a bad design?