Erik Duley wrote:

Paul,

Just been looking at the TERF website. It advertises a direct drive turbo 3
rotor.
I think it is saying that the normal block coolant is oil rather than
water/glycol.

I remember from when I was into motorcycles that the Suzuki GSXR 750 was oil
cooled.

Could all oil cooling be a possible conversion for the 13B?

This would do away with the requirement for 2 types of heatexchangers and
simplify the radiator installation.

Thank you for this truely excellent list.  It is an education {:-)

Regards

Erik Duley,
Auckland
New Zealand

I don't think Matt would do that. Oil is much less efficient than H2O
glycol as a heat transfer agent. The engine is designed for H2O/Glycol.
The oil does provide about one third of the cooling capacity however
as the rotors are oil cooled. BTW this is much like a diesel
piston engine where the pistons are cooled by oil squirters and
some aircooled aircraft engines for that matter. 

Paul Lamar
 
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