Club G40 Forum
Technical => Engine and Transmission => Topic started by: wozzaG40 on May 06, 2008, 01:18:03 pm
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Well since PSD have now closed i was looking around at alternative sources of this particular product & to be honest it is a bit of a mine field (this could however be due to a lack of knowledge on my part). However i have done a fair bit of research an sourced a shop on ebay which sells a specific G40 one.
Price is £105 + postage, this includes a 13 row cooler and the fitting kit 1/2 bsp piping etc.
Now in my mind this is a fair price an comes with all the bits part from a thermostat which is an extra £15 i think.
Now assuming this is to go on a G40 running arouund 150bhp its quite possible for the oil temperatures to clime very high under hard working conditions, bearing in mind the standard oil temp is around 90-100'c untill worked hard an can be up in the low to mid 100's.
Assuming the above i would of thought a 16 row cooler would be more suficient??
Any thoughts, comments welcome (even if you wana tell me how wrong/stupid i am :D ) go easy though
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what width is it? To be honest, you only need a small cooler on a g40 to do the job. You definitely want a thermostat though, it's easier to get a sandwich plate which has one built-in. I just bought the cooler itself along with the sandwich plate (I got them from PSD but places like rallydesign sell them too), then decided where I wanted to put it and what length pipes I'd need. Then went to a local hydraulic pipe place and they made me up the pipes in 2 mins while I waited for about £20.
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13 row x 235mm oil cooler, well i was thinking the same as you but i remember reading on the psd sight a while back an he was selling the kit with a 16 row cooler so i was just checking what was best really.
What im really looking to do is buy the cooler first then get all the bits needed seperately.
I have seen a heavy duty mocal one little bit more expensive though but most probably worth while
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Don't buy off the shelf kits. Save a few quid and get down your local Pirtek depot for custom length hoses ;)
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[quote pid=1217 author=Nick_S date=1210107877]Don't buy off the shelf kits. Save a few quid and get down your local Pirtek depot for custom length hoses ;)[/quote]
Cool well this is what im currently looking into at the moment