89F Degrees a cool day in the California Valley calls for a Pleasure Cruize

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...They Liked "The Highway of Broken Dreams"

..."They didn't Install a 200 MPH Speedometer in these Beasts, for just Bragging Rights!!"

MJ

"I'll See You on the 'Highway of Broken Dreams' "

Where did you install your oil cooler?       Please!

...Thanks for Asking! The Photo tells it all.

I had No need for AC, and I 'Weight-Stripped' Everything off the Pantera, except for what is under the dash.

I Mounted the Cooler as in the Photo replacing the AC Condenser. A control Switch was wired into the Existing wiring for the Condenser fan. It Now Blows Outward, thinking to take advantage of the Vacuum at the Tail. But Now I believe the Engine Bay Temp is Much Higher than the Outside Ambient, so I plan to Wire it Back to 'Sucking' cooler air In from the Outside! Should cool even More Efficiently. Only testing will tell.

Notice the twin, 'Standard' Fram filters. FRAM gets a undeserved Bad Rap. These Have been on the Pantera since way before My trip to the Mojave, with NO Problems. I now have replaced them with the FRAM HP-1 'Racing Filter' ONLY Available on Amazon! Believe Me have searched everywhere!! Only They have them! $16.95, "Steel End caps...200PSI Burst Pressure..Etc. Check these out!

Last, Notice the Twin Filter Mount, is screwed directly into the Cooler...Eliminates One HOSE, and another Possible Leak.

With the Fan...You are Cooling Engine Oil while at a 'Stand-Still', (and in Traveling), One thing a 'Vent Mounted' Cooler Can Not Do!

Enjoy the Photo,

P.S. Why have 2 Oil Filters??

Double the 'Holding' Capacity.

Half the Restriction to Flow.

Double the Life, until 'Clogged'.

Filter HOT Oil 'Thin'...Then COOL IT!!

Hoses are 6 Feet out, 6 Feet Back, with NO Reduction in Oil Pressure!

If You Look real close, you can see the 'Oil Temp' Sender screwed into the Filter Mount. Yes! This takes the Oil Temp BEFORE It's Cooled...Therefore, any Reduction in Temp is shown from the Oil That has Just Passed though the Engine. When I do get around to It, I will install a Sender on the Out-Flow from the Cooler. Then I will have Greater Proof of the Coolers' Efficiency!

Oil= Valvoline VR-1 20W-50 NON-Synthetic!

Remember! "A Lesser Restriction to Flow Will Show as a Lower Pressure...Because Pressure ONLY 'Builds', When there Is a Restriction to Flow!!" That's Just Basic Hydraulics! That is Precisely why a 'New, 'Tight' (Bearings) Engine will show HIGH Oil Pressure (a restricted flow)...and we need to 'Break' it in using '5' Weight. AND a Older Broken-in Engine, will 'Start' to show a Lower Oil Pressure as the Bearings become worn-in* Proper, and there is a Lesser Restriction to Over-All, Flow. And it Helps to run 40-50 Weight Oil! Or Straight 30W. Low Pressure is NOT as Important as High FLOW. In My View, in the Cleveland, 25-30 PSI Oil (Hot) Pressure Is NOT Terrible. Because the Much Greater Oil FLOW is what Carries away the HEAT and DEBRIS, to the Filters and Cooler! Does this Make sense to All?? FWIW, I'am Not a Scientist...I just paid attention in Hydraulics Class. Pulled an 'A' at Delta College. The Class Is So Challenging, it is Only Offered Once in a Year!

And, why Thicker Oil will Raise the Oil Pressure on the Gauge! And Thinner Oil will Reduce it. Think about that, the next time you go to have some Idiot Change Your Oil, and They Insist on putting 5W-20 (30) Into You Cleveland, with 60,000 Miles On It!! And It's Synthetic! NOT My Recommendation! Some Oils do get thicker as they heat up, 'slightly' Raising the Oil Pressure Gauge Reading, HOT.

MJ

* Or, as Panteradoug has Noted, when 'Fully Grooved' 360 Degree, Main Bearings, are Installed, and are NEW.