juanbenae |
08-17-2019 09:52 AM |
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Originally Posted by Discseven
(Post 10561145)
I've got Mocal waiting to install in place of trombone. There's no doubt trombone holds measurably more oil than Mocal fender unit. (Begs question: how efficient is Mocal rad compared to trombone? Plan to take inlet & outlet temps at car's hard oil line fittings for both units to find out.)
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I installed the mocal kit many years ago on my old SC and it was a marked improvement over the trombone. I even tracked it for a few years prior to converting the car to a racer moving to a front mounted cooler for the higher demand with no ill effects even with days of mid 80's ambient temps with the mocal.
points made here about blocking off around the cooler to more effectively direct air through the cooler is advisable. with both the mocal and subsequent front mounted unit I used the material for insulating hot water lines around the perimeter to seal it off more effectively. the stuff that is akin to rollbar padding. I also fabbed a stone guard for the mocal out of 1/4" screen in a frame like used for under home crawl space vents. none of this was hacked in as I did it in a way it did not look jerry rigged and was effective. your needs for form v. function may be different than mine, but it worked well and could not be noticed really by the purist type. the 1/4" mesh allowed for great air flow and kept the larger debris thrown from the tire from hitting and possibly compromising the cooler surface in the fender well.
the perceived down side to the mocal is the 12AN fittings, but unless you are tracking the car extensively in hot temps IMO the mocal is a great upgrade. the mounting kit is also very well conceived if you don't mind drilling into the headlight bucket. I say you are on the right track to providing better cooling for your car w/o spending $2k or more on the Carrera cooler set up.
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