Tracy, I have been very happy with my Setrab oil cooler.  The first one cracked gently around the mounting bracket because I mounted it wrong.  over 100 hrs on the next one without issue.  No accumulator.  They come in just about any size and shape that you want with your fitting of choice as well.  I have the standard model but there is also an extra stout version but it has fewer size options.  A google search will find vendors and catalogs.  Not dirt cheap, but reasonable.

 

Dave Leonard

 

On 12/18/05, Tracy Crook <lors01@msn.com> wrote:

Changed my mind again on oil cooler.  Engine room on the RV-8 is coming out so nice & sanitary that I don't want to clutter it up with the oil accumulator that I bought to damp out the pressure pulses that could kill the evap core cooler.  Also getting a little more conservative (chicken) as I get older.

 

So Rusty, was that a fluidyne cooler on your -3?  What model?  Looked real good.

 

Finished my evaluation on the RX-8 fly-by-wire throttle body and still plan to use it.  It is not as simple to use as I had hoped and will require a custom controller to make it work.  I'll make them available to others who want to use this part.

 

Tracy