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 5417 Posts Member #: 6181 Double hard bastard brookwood woking |
26th Oct, 2015 at 12:48:39am
Ok chaps, I have been thinking about oil cooler pipe size,
I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf
On 1st Nov, 2007 Ben H said:
There is no such thing as 'insignificant weight saving', it all adds up. |
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940 Posts Member #: 1424 Post Whore Carnforth, Lancs |
26th Oct, 2015 at 07:28:51am
I've had similar thoughts. My cooler currently uses the big old school swaged braided pipes and they are too bulky and inflexible.
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 1849 Posts Member #: 672 The oversills police Oslo, Norway |
26th Oct, 2015 at 07:59:33am
http://dt-vps.co.uk/calverst.com/cart/inde...4&product_id=93
Edited by miniminor63 on 26th Oct, 2015. |
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3588 Posts Member #: 655 Post Whore Northern Ireland |
26th Oct, 2015 at 10:41:29am
On 26th Oct, 2015 madmk1 said:
Ok chaps, I have been thinking about oil cooler pipe size, So at the min I have some -10 hoses on there and all is working fine, but I noticed that the fitting that goes into the filter head has a 7mm max bore, now as the hose I am using has a bore size of around 14mm. I feel it's very very over sized and just not needed... .? So I was thinking of down sizing it to -8 11.12mm bore. Or even -6 8.73mm bore.. As I am sure the bore of the OE pipe that is used on there was around the 8mm bore ? What are your lads thoughts on this? Any input would be great Simon. Given size of holes in a mini block, and the steel pipe that normally goes from filter to block...-10 does sound rather huge. The oil galleries in my V8 are around 12.5mm, but in order to maintain that diameter through all fittings, I needed to use -12 hose/fittings. ( although others have used smaller hoses and dont seem to have any problems ) Your -10 hose may be around 14mm OD, or for some maybe 14mm ID, but then the metal fitting goes inside this and reduces the diameter further. SO get a fitting, measure the hole inside and work from that, not the flexible hose diameter. IMO find the smallest hole in the OEM system, and dont use any fittings that go smaller than that. Generally the hose fitting will be the smallest part, vs the actual hose diameter itself. But I've seen people use even -8 on much larger engines without issue, so cant see why even very long runs of -8 on an A-series wouldnt be perfectly fine. You might even be able to risk -6 but dont think you'd be making any valid weight or cost saving by doing so. Edited by stevieturbo on 26th Oct, 2015. 9.85 @ 145mph
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Forum Mod  5933 Posts Member #: 784 9 times Avon Park Class C winner Milton Keynes |
26th Oct, 2015 at 12:16:21pm
1/2" were fine on mine I seriously doubt it! |
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 9258 Posts Member #: 123 Post Whore Betwix Harrogate and York |
26th Oct, 2015 at 05:51:00pm
The flow isn't that great. Mine are all 1/2 inch push fit. The extra weight of the braid seemed unnecessary. Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph
On 2nd Jan, 2013 fastcarl said:
the design shows a distinct lack of imagination, talk about starting off with a clean sheet of paper, then not bothering to fucking draw on it,lol On 20th Apr, 2012 Paul S said:
I'm mainly concerned about swirl in the runners caused by the tangential entry. |
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5417 Posts Member #: 6181 Double hard bastard brookwood woking |
26th Oct, 2015 at 08:21:17pm
Thanks for all the help I think I will give the -8 a try and see how I get on. As the hoses are just big and get in the way.
I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf
On 1st Nov, 2007 Ben H said:
There is no such thing as 'insignificant weight saving', it all adds up. |
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 2094 Posts Member #: 9894 Post Whore Dorking |
26th Oct, 2015 at 08:29:40pm
Pretty sure my braided transfer pipe is -8.
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 4890 Posts Member #: 1775 Post Whore Chester |
26th Oct, 2015 at 09:08:30pm
I have used the local push fit for the last 12months or so. Probably 2000 miles and two castle Combe track days. No issues.
I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
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Site Admin  15300 Posts Member #: 337 Fearless Tom Fenton, Avon Park 2007 & 2008 class D winner & TM legend. |
26th Oct, 2015 at 10:02:52pm
I've also used push fit, use a jubilee clip on to make double sure, but as said its hard work getting it on and it needs cutting off again. Edited by Tom Fenton on 27th Oct, 2015.
On 29th Nov, 2016 madmk1 said:
On 28th Nov, 2016 Rob Gavin said:
I refuse to pay for anything else Like fuel 😂😂 |
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3588 Posts Member #: 655 Post Whore Northern Ireland |
26th Oct, 2015 at 10:08:44pm
Push fit are a ballix to get on, and if they ever need undone, have to be cut off.
9.85 @ 145mph
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461 Posts Member #: 9229 Senior Member newcastle upon tyne |
26th Oct, 2015 at 11:01:41pm
I've been looking at getting rid of my mg water cooled oil cooler for an air cooled one but looking around there's an10 fittings an8 & then 1/2"bps so you can get the push fits but unsure of the inside diameter of these an10 fitting ect does the 10 mean 10mm id bore & the an8 8mm just a bit unsure what to go for also |
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 2742 Posts Member #: 637 Post Whore Hertfordshire |
27th Oct, 2015 at 07:15:20am
https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/document....DocID=TECH00096
My build thread..
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461 Posts Member #: 9229 Senior Member newcastle upon tyne |
28th Oct, 2015 at 08:43:06am
Thanks that's great |
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