Do I Need An Oil Cooler?

[Anthony]

As the title says

Do I need am oil cooler on my MKIII GT6?

It'll be used for pottering around (probably) and not really too much spirited driving, but may be used in traffic

[Royboy66]

Some will say yes, some no,some,yes if you use a in line stat too,  some yes if its on a track, etc etc,  I think No  :)

Some mkIII owners will even say, what you need is a Mk1 or Mk2 GT6 to go with it, :)

[TimW]

I think no (naughty)

[Anthony]

Ok, no cooler for me then

Roy - others marks will be added once this ones finished (eventually)

[tiggrr1]

royboy66 wrote:

Some mkIII owners will even say, what you need is a Mk1 or Mk2 GT6 to go with it, :)

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[kenben]

At takes about 20 minutes for  oil to get to 170 degrees where conventional oils start to work  the way they are designed to. Below that you will get less lubrication and more wear. Synthetic oil works at almost any temp. As said above  if racing maybe . If used on street cars they must have a thermostat. Just more weight  and more places to leak oil

[Jason]

If it's a standard road car and you use it as such then no, your money is better spent elsewhere. If it's a fast road car and you do a lot of high revs/hard work/hot oil type stuff then yes, always with a thermostat. A cooler both cools the oil and increases the capacity slightly, both good (if with a stat) for a hard worked engine.

[Paudman]

1903 wrote:

Do I need am oil cooler on my MKIII GT6?

No.

[Tim Bancroft]

I agree with Jason, yes!

[Richard B]

Standard car no.


Start pushing the limits of the cooling system then yes.

ie. Extractor manifold, hot cam, bigger carbs high reving motorway thrasher, 2500,  :o

[Paudman]

timbancroft61 wrote:

I agree with Jason, yes!

Since the OP says it's for pottering around then it's hardly required.

[Tim Bancroft]

Pottering, when does anyone potter around in a GT6?

[Anthony]

timbancroft61 wrote:

Pottering, when does anyone potter around in a GT6?

When they have purpose built cars and bikes for thrashing ;D

Why thrash 100hp.....when you can thrash 700?!

[Paudman]

timbancroft61 wrote:

Pottering, when does anyone potter around in a GT6?

Can we all agree that whether or not he actually DOES potter, he retains the right to do it?  ;D

[uksnatcher]

1903 wrote:

Why thrash 100hp.....when you can thrash 700?!

Exactly....that 100HP porker isnt a match on the 700HP GT6  (dance) (whistle)

[Anthony]

uksnatcher wrote:

Exactly....that 100HP porker isnt a match on the 700HP GT6  (dance) (whistle)

Haahaa.....when I was younger I thought about putting twin Haysbusa engines in the GT6

One in the engine bay for the front wheels, and the other in the boot for the rear wheels

The plan was to turbo charge them both, and run them on E85 fuel!

I've still got the plans for the layout and tube chassis in the loft somewhere

Have a look at Andy Robinson Racecars, HoleShot Racing, and Big CC Racing, as they're the guys I was speaking with

Andy for the chassis, and the others for the engine work

I decided against it though as it was far too much work and money to plough into it