Re: New Project: Mild build
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:45 am
^Thanks. If you need a new coolant tank I highly recommend this one! It was a little over $60 shipped. If you're interested, there is a link to the product page where I got it in the description below the vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4vEmBhcSak
In other news, hah......
Getting back to the oil cooler-
I'm thinking that using the GREX/Greddy thermostat adapter plate with -10AN hose and with the -10AN fittings that this sandwich plate comes with, may be TOO Large of a diameter for Our stock KA, belt-driven oil pumps to maintain oil pressure through the lines.....
Now this is where my amateur engineering background metaphorically KICKS me and tells me that the pressure is a result of some restriction and by freeing up this restriction we get more flow (better cooling efficiency). This is fine; however, Our Ka24de engines (some years) have oil squirters. Anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but these require a certain Pressure to operate properly.
Uugggh.... anyone have any Ideas on what to do? Maybe -8AN hoses? -6AN? check valves? flow restrictors to build pressure? (with this setup, oil pressure went as low as 8-9 psi during idle and then went up to around 65-70 ish during WOT; without the oil cooler attached oil pressure at idle is 40's and then goes up to around 65-70 ish during WOT- I'll have to double check again, but for now this is what we're dealing with).
In other news, hah......
Getting back to the oil cooler-
I'm thinking that using the GREX/Greddy thermostat adapter plate with -10AN hose and with the -10AN fittings that this sandwich plate comes with, may be TOO Large of a diameter for Our stock KA, belt-driven oil pumps to maintain oil pressure through the lines.....
Now this is where my amateur engineering background metaphorically KICKS me and tells me that the pressure is a result of some restriction and by freeing up this restriction we get more flow (better cooling efficiency). This is fine; however, Our Ka24de engines (some years) have oil squirters. Anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but these require a certain Pressure to operate properly.
Uugggh.... anyone have any Ideas on what to do? Maybe -8AN hoses? -6AN? check valves? flow restrictors to build pressure? (with this setup, oil pressure went as low as 8-9 psi during idle and then went up to around 65-70 ish during WOT; without the oil cooler attached oil pressure at idle is 40's and then goes up to around 65-70 ish during WOT- I'll have to double check again, but for now this is what we're dealing with).