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Re: Thanks for the info on oil temps

Post by brucesallen » Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:51 pm

chaos4NH wrote:What oil temps does your car run Bruce?
don't know
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Re: Thanks for the info on oil temps

Post by chaos4NH » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:20 pm

brucesallen wrote:
chaos4NH wrote:What oil temps does your car run Bruce?
don't know
LOL. That was what I expected you to say.
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Re: Thanks for the info on oil temps

Post by horizenjob » Tue Aug 14, 2012 1:21 am

When I get a chance I'll ask Bill McCurdy at William's Racing about this. I was at his shop last week and a customer must have just dropped one off ( a Ford Duratec ). It was still hanging from the engine crane and I asked if we could weigh it. They are nice motors, it weighed 198 lbs. including the ignition in the cardboard box on top and the chain holding the motor. It had a flex plate instead of a real flywheel though. He's done something like a half dozen of these in the last year or two.

Another thing is, it used to be anyway, that Mazda rotary cars had really nice oil coolers. You might be able to get one of those at a junkyard. Some of them had built in thermostats.
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Re: Thanks for the info on oil temps

Post by chaos4NH » Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:48 pm

good thought Marcus, thanks.
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Re: Thanks for the info on oil temps

Post by imgon » Fri Aug 17, 2012 12:28 pm

Sam, If you need an oil cooler from an RX7 try; http://www.rx7club.com. Site is very useful other than it is mostly kids who want huge wheels and loud stereos. But they do sell alot of parts, sometimes way below what they are really worth. Too bad you didn't ask a couple of years ago, at one time I think I had 3 or 4. Good luck
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Re: Thanks for the info on oil temps

Post by chaos4NH » Fri Aug 17, 2012 2:10 pm

Thanks Chuck.
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