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strange looking oil cooler.
How come this cooler look so diff from any other cooler (look like the radiator). I have never seen this before. Anyone seen it?
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12-31-2005, 12:42 AM
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yea its the 28 row brass cooler...
works wells for stop and go traffic.. holds alot of heat... but the alum fin style works better once the cars moving...
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12-31-2005, 02:26 AM
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To reference a quote from Bruce Anderson's Porsche 911 Performance Handbook: "The brass-tube cooler used from 1980 through July 1984 for the European cars and from 1983 through July 1984 for the U.S., cars. For U.S. driving purposes, the brass cooler was probably the best cooler; too bad we didn't have it on more cars. The earlier loop coolers relied on the lines to and from the loop to do most of the cooling. The brass-tube cooler worked well as a heat sink and wasn't too dependent on air flow. The raditor-type cooler that replaced the brass-tube cooler was very dependent on air flow and really didn't work well on the U.S. cars with our slow speed limits."
Many here downplay the effectiveness of this cooler but after installing the 28-tube cooler on my car I am quite pleased with the results.
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