Originally Posted by
Car54
Sweet pics!
Good move on staying away from stainless braided...I regret having them. I'm always isolating them to keep from destroying everything they touch.
I understand you should get a fingernails width on the hose side of the AN fittings.
Keep an eye on your water temp now that you're superheating the air going to the radiator. This is a huge concern on my car...not sure about yours. I have to mount my cooler low and parallel to get clean air to the radiator.
A failure of the fitting is usually not just a weep, it will pump your oil out at 60psi...more than a garden hose. Just happened to a guy at Road Atlanta when I was there last week. What a mess it made to his car AND the track. He was using push on fittings...glad to see you're not.
I also have to adapt my AN fittings to the oil cooler...I have a Tru-Cooler setup.
Are you running a thermostat on the oil cooler?
Oh, and no, I'm not running a thermostat on the cooler (yet). I am considering adding one in-line, but the only one I can find is by Mocal. I'd like to find some other options.
Also, I saw you are instructing at Sebring on 4/30, I will be running that weekend as well! Im going to try to do both days if possible.