I competed in a round of the Queensland Rally Championship last weekend in the ever reliable GTV6. It was a very tight and twisty area with lots of second and third gear work. Even though it was a cool day i was recording oil temperatures of 130deg C. I use Penrite HPR15, and from what I can gather this is on the upper edge or just beyond what it should be. So I am considering installing an oil cooler ahead of the summer months. I am sure someone has done this before today, so has anyone any advice or pictures of how they did it and what they used?
I had to fit a remote filter when I added the oil cooler to my GTV because there wasn't enough clearance between the body and filter with a sandwich plate in there too.
But that meant I could switch to a more common (and less expensive) filter.
I used a 13 row cooler with -10 hoses, and made up a bracket from 50x25 al to mount it in front of the radiator.
I have to ask what was the water temp at for the engine oil to hit `130?
and then would it help to increase the water cooling to offset the oil
Water temperature was not a problem, about 90deg C.
I should add that being a rally car it has a sump guard running below the engine, so the sump is shrouded from the air flow.
Hi Flynn,
I've just put together a GTV6 cooler kit for another Aroca member for exactly the same reason. Give me a call if I can help.
Vin Sharp, PACE 03 98440147.
is this a particular problem to v6 models'
if driven hard
they have huge sumps
maybe a swiss cheese approach to the sump guard would help
not very italian I know but I cant think of an italian cheese