Subject: oil cooler
From: ACRE NL
Date: 9/27/2002, 1:06 PM



 > > > Mike, are you using vibration isolators to mount your oil
cooler?   Jerry

 Jerry,

   My oil cooler will be mounted in a "tray" lined with 1/4"

neoprene. This

 is the stuff sold at hardware stores for use as door insulation.

The guys

 where I bought my Setrab recommended this. Their customers using Setrab
 coolers in Baja racers use this mounting scheme.

   The tray will in turn be mounted to the airframe or engine mount.

Still

 not certain of the details. I'm now working on my third iteration of
 building an oil cooler mount and ducting. The first 2 iterations I

wrote

 off when it became clear that the chosen locations/ducts would be
 hopelessly inadequate at providing sufficient airflow.

   Charlie and Paul, thanks for the follow up info on Positech. I wasnt
 aware that they had changed designs and expanded their line. I'll

take a

 look. I'm confident that the Setrab I have is safe, but may

eventually need

 a cooler with slightly more capacity.


 > Mike Wills




Mike,  Do you have a drawing or photo of the tray?  Where did you buy
your Setrab?  I am just about to start a search for California
dealers.  Jerry


I think Baker Bearing in Cherry Hill or Long Beach might carry
them. Down the street from Mazdatrix.

Paul Lamar




  Thats Baker Precision in Signal Hill.

http://www.bakerprecision.com/setrab.htm  or

  I bought my Setrab from TMR. The phone number I have is 714-771-1348.
Ordered over the phone and had it in a couple of days. That was a couple of
years ago so dont know if the number is still good. Price was a little
cheaper than Baker and Mike Torino at TMR was more helpful than the people
I talked to at Baker.

  Sorry, no pictures of the oil cooler mount. Its basically a box with open
top and bottom rivetted up out of a combination of aluminum sheet and
angle. All the contact points are lined with the neoprene tape. It does a
good job of isolating vibration and its cheap and easy. I suspect the
neoprene will need to be replaced at regular intervals (maybe every other
annual?) but its cheap and easily available.

Mike Wills


I am getting old. :-) Thanks Mike.

Paul Lamar
 
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