Oil cooler placement?

[claymore]

There is no room for a side vent as the Volvo is a 5 door and not a 3 door so there is actually no space

[stephenevans99]

Couldn't the cooler be installed at the front behind a bumper grille & then just plumbed through to the rear?

[claymore]

Couldn't the cooler be installed at the front behind a bumper grille & then just plumbed through to the rear?

I suppose it could, but there are two intercoolers an oil cooler and a supercharger all ready at the front, so I suspect space would be an issue, where as I have plenty of space in the roof scoop.

[MoleT-5R]

This is where I was thinking, it's screaming out to have a 19 row bolted in above and ducted out through the hole kindly manufactured by Volvo....what do you think Colin ?? it would remove the need to run hot oil to the roof and you have the choice of which side you want it on there should be more than enough airflow coming down from the roof scoop to cool it as some of that air will venting out of there naturally unless you've blocked them during your build

[claymore]

Unfortunately both those openings are covered by fuel tanks

[MoleT-5R]

Unfortunately both those openings are covered by fuel tanks

is that cover panel in the back a classic mini bootlid ???

[mike 850]

perspex the rear side glass and run a vent there?

[claymore]

is that cover panel in the back a classic mini bootlid ???

No, its off a racing Ford Puma

perspex the rear side glass and run a vent there?

The question was how high can an oil cooler be placed, not where I should put it, people should stop double guessing what is going on with the car and just wait for the updates, side and rear glass will be replaced but you will all just have to wait to see what will be happening to them

[jamesy12345]

No, its off a racing Ford Puma



The question was how high can an oil cooler be placed, not where I should put it, people should stop double guessing what is going on with the car and just wait for the updates, side and rear glass will be replaced but you will all just have to wait to see what will be happening to them

when you put it like that - the answer is related to oil pressure in terms of static head/metres. I don't know what the standard oil pressure is on these car but can see on the net that the oil pressure switch low is 0.5 bar

worst case 0.5 bar = 5 metres (of water), so pumping up to roof should be no problem at all

[claymore]

when you put it like that - the answer is related to oil pressure in terms of static head/metres. I don't know what the standard oil pressure is on these car but can see on the net that the oil pressure switch low is 0.5 bar

worst case 0.5 bar = 5 metres (of water), so pumping up to roof should be no problem at all

And with that information, this is now where the oil cooler lives.

[JT]

could always add an oil pump to make sure
but they are not cheap

[jamesy12345]

could always add an oil pump to make sure
but they are not cheap

Worked OK for this guy....

[jamesy12345]

is there meant to be a picture too ????

tried to find one but couldn't...will provide! R5 has a whole lot less metal than the Volvo though!

Probably not relevant now but anyway....



Shot of the oil cooler inside of rear wing....top left of pic is the drivers headrest