<VV> external oil cooler

[Bruce Schug]

On Apr 6, 2008, at 6:17 PM, HallGrenn at aol.com wrote:

> Arend,  Unless you are doing a lot of hard driving I don't see why  
> you  would
> want to add another oil cooler.  If you keep the cooling fins  
> clean,  have
> all your sheet metal securely attached and nothing is missing then  
> your  engine
> should operate just fine.  I drove two Corvairs over 50,000 miles   
> (80K
> kilometers) in Europe when I was in my twenties (and back then I  
> cruised at  70 to
> 80 miles per hour with one straight run at 90 to 95 from Mannheim to
> Bremerhaven with one stop for gas )and I never had any overheating  
> problems with  the
> stock oil cooler.  I still have the last Monza.  I would spend the   
> money to be
> sure that everything GM put on your car originally is still there  and
> working properly first before you add an external cooler unless you  
> are  going to
> seriously race it or modify the engine.

Bob,

I'm sure you know what you're talking about but, did you have an oil  
temperature gauge? I suspect that if more Corvairs were equipped with  
oil temperature gauges, more owners would want additional oil cooling.

Bruce



Bruce W. Schug
Treasurer, CORSA South Carolina
Greenville, SC
Stock Corvair Group Member
bwschug at charter.net

CORSA member since 1980

'67 Monza. "67AC140"