What's the best way to connect it?

Sandwich plate? (what size?)

Pat...

Hiya Pat,
I don't have an oil cooler on mine but if you check out John's website I know he fitted one: Turboblade
Hope this helps
Eddie

With a blade its really not necessary to connect an oil cooler if you get the water cooling correct. Its all about getting good airflow through your rad and a means for the hot air to escape away from the engine bay.

Most RGB racers do without. Andy Bates sells a very good quality Rad that will definitely solve your problems if you have issues with a micra/polo rad installation. By the time you have bought an oil takeoff plate, hoses and cooler, the more expensive water rad doesn't look such a bad deal. No external oil cooler also means less chance of failure, leaking joints etc.

Food for thought

- Paul

I'm using the standard blade rad and my water never gets over 91ish, even on track days.

My oil temp gets upto 120 though.

Pat...

Hi,

I had a the same scenario, good water temps and oil approaching 120 after 10 laps of Knockhill

I contacted Think Auto, they will supply a sandwich plate for between the oil filter. I went for 3/4 bsp connections and picked up an 8 row / 235 width cooler "Serck" off ebay for £25. All in all around the £70 mark with connectors etc...

All in all the car runs much better, but probably a bit over cooled at this time of year.

Paul.

Do you know what cnnectors were on the sandwich plate?

Pat...

Dont you allready have a water to oil cooler allready fitted as std ?

Hi Pat

As you know I had two other engines before the one you've got now, all were 919s and all installed identically.

The first engine oil temp used to about right although a smidge higher than ideal on very hot trackdays. The second one ran slightly cooler, verging on being a bit low on track unless it was quite warm. The last one (the one you have) ran hotter than either especially in hot weather when I had to keep an eye on it on long sessions, although the water temps for all were about the same.

The same can be said of a couple of friend's 893s, they both ran hotter than my first two engines but about the same as the last and needed a cooler. I cant really explain why, I dont know if there's a variation in tolerences on the bearings etc, but if Id kept that engine I would have probably put an oil cooler on, which I didnt need for the other two.

Chris

I thought you were selling your car, anyway, Pat?
Or have you changed your mind again?

Cheers all.

Yep - it's still up for sale, but I intend to keep "tracing" it until the day it goes (just done Donnington).

I also want it to be 100% reliable when it goes ('cause I'm nice like that).

I'm already working on the replacement car that's in my drive to turn it into a track car.

Chris - do you know what sort of sandwich plate I need?

Pat...

size = 3/4 bsp

two push fit connectors on to the plate, with two 90's for the cooler end.

make sure you mount the cooler in front of the radiator, seems simple but I have seen a few that are oil heaters with the air from the rad cooking the oil...

Pat, might be worth giving Think Auto a call, they must have supplied quite a few by now

bandits run oil coolers, you could pick up one of them cheap on the bay of e I bet.