Killerbees
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I'm bumping this due to the misapplication of information that you're giving here. For the average automobile owner ..the Permacool sandwich is more than adaquate. Dead heading the main ports to the bypass filter and relying ONLY on the small poppet relief is all the vast majority of engine require. It typically produces a 2PSID. Those who don't believe this ..and preemptively drill holes (even very small holes) are usually tapping and plugging them. There are exceptions ..they are very few in number however.quote:
Care must be taken with all the plumbing, if flow loss is to be avoided. 3/4" id lines are a waste of money if there are 3/8" npt connections on the cooler and adapter for example.
Well, it may be of poor design ..but it's the same basic design that Ford used in it's 80's 351 police interceptor package. They used 5/8" lines ..little spring relief bypassing the airil rad. It simply fixed the pressure drop across the cooler circuit. It was set at a low setting ..but you can surely just dial in your MAX pressure drop in the same manner. Then it's just a matter of getting enough square footage and big enough lines (parallel coolers if necessary). Beyond that, it should be self regulating. Others use a bimetal spring that closes over the bypass port. I imagine that these too have a rating where they open the port in spite of prevailing temperatures.quote:
The adapter you show above is such a poor design for that, as to relegate it inneffective for high flow oil cooling. 2 psi is about 2 gpm through my "oversized" cooling apparatus. If I can't get oil flowing thru the cooler, I can't cool the oil.