Re: oil cooling add on?

[SDSU <jknittle@sundown.sdsu.edu>]

I may be showing my ignorance here, but could you add a water/oil heat
exchanger like some VW's have?  It fits above the oil filter and I would
imagine it would be a fairly straight foreward installation.  I had to
replace this cooler on my 84 Scirocco a few years ago, and found they were
readily avalible at most junkyards dirt cheap.  I am not sure if Audi's of
later years have them, but I saw the Porsche 924 turbos have what looks to
be an identical unit to my Sciroccos.  

Jim
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>that reminds me, I've been thinking of trying to add some kind of
>thermostatic oil cooling to my na coupe.  would like to send oil through a
>heat exchanger if it's over, say 120 C.  perhaps with a valve for manual
>opening to drain/clean exchanger.  Anyone do this?  do the oil filter mount
>type tap systems I see in JC Whitney work well?  How about the thermo part 
>(I really don't want to cool my oil when its not necessary...do I?)  BTW I
>have room where my AC compressor used to be...
>
>Huw Powell
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>82ish coupe
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