Oil cooling pt 1

As possibly mentioned before I need to do something about the oil cooler / warmer device thing that had to be removed from the LHS of the block due to chassis constraints. 

I have just taken receipt of this:

Whilst there are disagreements as to what it is I have removed there is no disagreement on needing some form of managed cooling for both oil and transmission fluid on the L99 engine - oil because of the additional mechanical work being done by the Hydraulic cylinder shut off system on top of cooling and lubrication. Transmission due to heat being the killer of these types of transmissions.

So this thermostatic take off has outlet and inlet positioned to fit directly over where the old cooler/warmer thing was.

This will then keep the oil circulating in the engine till it's the right temp and then allow it to flow to the front oil cooler when needed so the oil should be kept at optimum operating temp. That's the theory anyway.

Fitting to follow soon.