Engine Oil Pressure

Engine Oil Temperature

Some people don't care... It's an unnecessary luxury!

Do you know this:

It always happends on a hot summer day at "WOT" and "Full Speed" on the "Highway". There's only one tug, but a big one... Now what? Phew, lucky you, only piston damage! (Optimist...!)

Or this one:

At first it's only a very silent but strange noise, then it turns louder, and louder, and louder until a Heavy Metall finish! A dark black hole! What? That wasn't there before, or was it? Through the sea of oil the crankshaft can be seen stretching it's broken legs. And, ... smell that: That is the smell of death... You've just heard the song of death a minute ago...

This or similar is how a Boxer comes to the end of it's career.

Well, keeping an eye on the oil temperature of a tuned engine and keeping it within limits is only luxury...

That's why we call the oilpressure light the "Idiot Light". When this lights up at full speed: BINGO... (you can began to think about the ordering of a new engine!)

You're laughing? Has this ever happend to you...?

Sarcastic whe described how it happends, however, we hope it doesn't happen to you...

And we offer you the solution:

For 2CV:

 

Modified oilfilter bracket. (2 views but same product) (click picture to get larger one)

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Two cartridge supplied. (original cartidge is just for comparison) (click picture to get larger one)

• Oilfilter bracket (on exchange basis) modified for big or medium cartridges.
  It's supplied with one medium and one large cartridge and O-Ring.
  Reduces oil temperature by approx. 10/15 °C.
   
• Price: 33,50 €

 

For VISA:

• Oilfilter bracket especially for this engine type. With acessories as 2CV: This allows the use of small and large cardridges. Complete kit, no parts in exchange needed.
  Not usable with Fiat 500 F/R conversions. The exhaust is too close, there is no space!
   
• Price: 85,10 €

Pleasant side effect: The oil circulation ratio is favourably reduced!

P.S.: With thermostat controlled oil cooling the engine warms up very fast and the temperature stays between 100/110 °C.

PATRON

LOMAX

Due to special configuration of the 2 kitcars, the serial engine oilcooler must be moved from up to down the engine front.
Next, the efficiency of the serial oilcooler is very poor, due to the fact that the cooler dont cool the main flow stream but only an auxiliary part of oil flow.
Problem come up when engine uprating is done: The small standard oilcooler is not able to dissipate the heat. A greater one must be used.

We deliver a complete kit for this purpose. The kit has:

• Hollow bolt for the flange.
• Flange (bolted with above bolt to oil filter bracket) available with or without thermostat.
• Set of high quality oil hoses (inner diameter 12 mm), long enough, from oil filter bracket to front of engine. You must surely shorten them.
• Oilcooler 2 times greater and thicker than the 2CV/VISA serial unit.
• Bracket for oilcooler.
• All necessary nipples.

Pic coming nextly.

And the Flat-Fours Fans are asking:
What about us ?

Relax, easy, we can help you as well, STP can provide you plenty full of cool oil...

Please tell us what you would like in your car, we'll supply you your custom build system.

Do you occasionally miss your oil pressure when hard cornering?

Because of high lateral acceleration, the oil stays away from the oil pickup in the sump, the pump suc air and the oil pressure collapses resulting in a very interesting working environnement for conrod bearings and journals at 6000 or 7000 rpm...!!!

It won't go wrong a few times, but the end will come, as sure as death...

No podium, fame and honour...

To solve this problem, a oil pressure accumulator is needed. This device supplies oil pressure when the engine pump oil pressure is gone !

• OILACCU: Custom build, standard system starting at 308,50 €.

To go in touch with us, please refer to our contact page!