REFLECTOR: One or Two oil coolers?

[Brian Michalk]

What is your compression ratio?

Are all the high compression guys running two coolers?

Ron Brown wrote:

>  
> I agree with Scott - one oil cooler is enough.
>  
> I got one cooler mounted up front.  Works great with my IO 360 200 
> HP.  Has for 330 hours.  As I have mentioned before, it can run hot if 
> take off right after shutting down like picking up Young Eagles. 
>  
> Also works great on those long taxi runs at Oshkosh and Sun-n-Fun.  
> 320-330 degrees is the norm on the ground and in cruise - I have my 
> high oil temp alarm set at 360.  If it goes off, I lower the nose a 
> bit, pull back on the power a bit, and we keep on climbing to cruise 
> altitude (8000 ft.)  I cruise at 155-160 kts, 2600 rpms, 8 GPH, LOP.  
> One cooler will do the job if installed correctly. 
>  
> There's only one cooler on most other airplanes - I don't know why the 
> Velocity got stuck with two???
>  
> Ronnie  
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* HYTEC45 at aol.com <mailto:HYTEC45 at aol.com>
>     *To:* reflector at tvbf.org <mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>
>     *Sent:* Friday, May 11, 2007 6:32 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: REFLECTOR: First Flight for N173RT
>
>     In a message dated 5/11/2007 2:05:37 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>     scott at tnstaafl.net <mailto:scott at tnstaafl.net> writes:
>
>             I'm in complete disagreement with TEC.   One cooler will
>             do fine for a 200HP IO360 if its installed correctly
>
>      
>
>             I also have an engine compartment cooler in series with
>             the nose cooler.
>
>     ****************************************************************************************************************
>     Wow, You are in complete disagreement with me, apparently on both
>     my suggestions regarding oil coolers,as you say one is good
>     enough, yet you apparently have two. Hmmmm.
>     TEC
>
>
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