>Secondly. Has anyone fitted an oil-stat in the oil lines
to the oil cooler ? Mine is always running cold, even with various
baffles/blanking plates around the radiator. An oil stat might help. I
had one on my rally car years ago.<
In the process of changing my firewall forward from Classic to XS I have
designed a flap behind the radiators which will definitely control the
flow of cooling air enabling control of coolant and oil temperatures.
Whether it will make enough difference to avoid a thermostat we will
have to wait until it is back in the air. When closed it cuts off up to
about 90% of the outlet. I would sooner control temperature by
controlling the cooling air as a thermostat could fail closed and that
could be very expensive.
Nigel Charles
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