Don Forwood

Male

Glendale, AZ

United States

Profile Information:

Aircraft Model
ZODIAC XL
Project Status
Flying
Building From
Purchased finished aircraft
Engine installed (or plan to install)
Jabiru
Building Experience
No Experience
Flying Experience
Private Pilot, Sport Pilot (or Ultralight)
Home Airport (ie. KMYJ)
KDVT

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  • Stephen R. Smith

    Don,

    Look in this blog post for a picture with both the old and new cooler.

    Steve

    Jun 15, 2015

  • Stephen R. Smith

    Don,

    Actually the picture is in the comment section at the bottom.  There is also a picture of the mounting bracket.  Note that my 601 has the early cowling and the automotive oil cooler.

    Steve

    Jun 15, 2015

  • Gene Bowen

    I was just curios.  I replace the 12 row oil cooler with a 24 row cooler, and it dropped my oil temp from 240 to less then 170 on a hot day.  My CHT's run around 290 at 75F and on a 90F day, reach 311 to 315F. I don't like to fly it that hot. It seems I have to do more head torquing and valve adjustments when I fly it hot. ( I only torque to 20ftLbs now ).  What did help on lowering my CHTs was to replace the rubber baffle seals on the lead edge of the fiberglass scoops with wide material.  I used a baffle rivet and trimmed the front edge to fit snug inside the top cowl air inlet openings.  It made the top cowl harder to get off and put on, but made a difference of about 10 degrees.

    Jun 17, 2015