Its a twin 8 row cooler with 2 separate circuits and one big ass 10" fan. Its a tight fit but makes full use of that space and should be fine for double stints, that is the goal for this build as the owner wants to be able to share the car with his son at HPDE events. When I get a chance I will add the pics of the 60 row oil cooler for this same build. Its on a GT350 and the OEM coolers do not get enough airflow to be effective enough to do double stints. We were seeing 265-275*f oil temps after 25min so no way it was going to make back to back sessions.
The fluid is pulled from the diff and trans through the cooler to cool the fluid before it gets to the pump, then it is returned to the diff and trans. The pump I am using can prime itself with upto 8 ft of vertical lift. Since it is mounted with less than 1ft of vertical lift it will have no problem drawing the fluid through the cooler and returning it to the diff or trans. You want to cool the oil before the pump to prolong the life of the pump. The pump can withstand 160*f continuously and peak temps of 265*f for short periods of time. The pump should see fluid temps of 130-145*f after the cooler. We are targeting a system average temp of 170*f with peaks of 190*f.
Right now we are selling this setup as installed local only, there are to many installation variables that come into play for it to be packaged as a kit, at least for now. I have three more of these to install and after that I may change my mind, even if it does become a "kit" it will not be a DYI unless you have a good deal of experience in plumbing lines. We use a set of hard-line tubing to move the trans fluid from the trans to the cooler at the rear of the car and they have to make several bends to be installed correctly so with out the proper tools it will be difficult to do correctly. There will also be wiring variables as so far all the installs have been on cars with relocated batteries so the harnesses I have made already would have to be altered or the battery would have to be relocated as part of the install.
Not too bad of a draw, each pump draws peaks of 8 amp but once the fluid is moving they settle down to under 5 amps each and move 2 GPM @ less than 10PSI. The fan has a soft start and ramps up to a peak of 5 amps so the entire system draws 21 amps peak at start up and 15 amps average current draw.
Thanks. Just thinking in terms of what wire size you'd need for a non battery in the trunk car. I have a tiny battery up front and don't want to move it.
They could likely be shipped but need to be bent as they are installed to deal with the rear end cradle, the next install I will try to do it pre-bent and see if they can be installed that way or if there is another logical route that still allows for the fuel tank and the rear end to be dropped without completely removing the new lines. I like my installs to be as close to OEM as I can and that is one of the reasons for using the hard lines. Weight and service life are also good reasons to use the hard lines. Hoses degrade over time and should be replaced more often if exposed to high temp fluids.
This is the first I am hearing of this issue, I use the fill and drain plugs converted to -6AN fittings, I do not believe the MT82 being in gear or neutral would have any effect on the fluid running out the drain plug location.
