rmartingt
Well Known Member
Going to be making a Spruce run this week and figured I should go ahead and pick up my oil cooler as part of the order. I?m trying to decide between a 7-row and 9-row cooler as they?re the same price, though I suspect the 9-row will be more challenging to fit.
My engine is a parallel-valve O-360. My dad has basically the same engine on his -6 and uses a 7-row, and has occasionally run into some oil temp issues (e.g., the OSH arrival and subsequent taxi). However, his cooler is firewall-mounted with a fairly long 3-inch duct and I suspect there?s an efficiency hit on the cooling airflow from that.
Much as I?d prefer to mount it remote (with a bigger duct), I?m probably going to have to go with a reinforced baffle mount as I?m tight on firewall space (2 batteries) and the taildraggert engine mount looks like it might cause some trouble with duct routing.
My inclination, especially considering the negligible price difference, is to go with a 9-row as I?m in the deep south (hot summers, mild winters) and I can always throttle it back. But that makes installation even more challenging.
Any suggestions? I posted here instead of engines due to the taildragger engine mount considerations...
My engine is a parallel-valve O-360. My dad has basically the same engine on his -6 and uses a 7-row, and has occasionally run into some oil temp issues (e.g., the OSH arrival and subsequent taxi). However, his cooler is firewall-mounted with a fairly long 3-inch duct and I suspect there?s an efficiency hit on the cooling airflow from that.
Much as I?d prefer to mount it remote (with a bigger duct), I?m probably going to have to go with a reinforced baffle mount as I?m tight on firewall space (2 batteries) and the taildraggert engine mount looks like it might cause some trouble with duct routing.
My inclination, especially considering the negligible price difference, is to go with a 9-row as I?m in the deep south (hot summers, mild winters) and I can always throttle it back. But that makes installation even more challenging.
Any suggestions? I posted here instead of engines due to the taildragger engine mount considerations...
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