Cooling comments welcomed
Well, I was planning to follow BT's lead with regard to cooling the 617A. That is, have my rad re-cored byt the same guy who did his, and use the oil cooler from the 300GD (same one in my 280GE) for oil cooling. A few pieces of information have changed my tack for now.
1- BT was seeing his temp gauge get up to 3/4 when going up a long hill, un loaded in 60 degree F temps
2- The oil cooler I got still attached to the engine from the 116 chassis donor car is exactly twice as large as the oil cooler used by the 300GD and 280GE.
Considering that:
A- the 116's oil cooler won't fit next to the rad in the G without body modifications, and
B- the life blood of that 617A engine is the oil cooling of the pistons, so I'm inclined to give all the oil cooling MB intended
C- the rad in teh 116 is an 18"x20" 2-row radiator while my stock G rad is 18x20 3-row
I think my course of action will be to build a custom radiator that can dissipate the same or more heat as the stock 280GE rad, and fit in a package that's about 2" narrower than the stock G rad so I can fit the big oil cooler in there in th stock location next to the rad.
Thoughts?
-Dave G.
Well, I was planning to follow BT's lead with regard to cooling the 617A. That is, have my rad re-cored byt the same guy who did his, and use the oil cooler from the 300GD (same one in my 280GE) for oil cooling. A few pieces of information have changed my tack for now.
1- BT was seeing his temp gauge get up to 3/4 when going up a long hill, un loaded in 60 degree F temps
2- The oil cooler I got still attached to the engine from the 116 chassis donor car is exactly twice as large as the oil cooler used by the 300GD and 280GE.
Considering that:
A- the 116's oil cooler won't fit next to the rad in the G without body modifications, and
B- the life blood of that 617A engine is the oil cooling of the pistons, so I'm inclined to give all the oil cooling MB intended
C- the rad in teh 116 is an 18"x20" 2-row radiator while my stock G rad is 18x20 3-row
I think my course of action will be to build a custom radiator that can dissipate the same or more heat as the stock 280GE rad, and fit in a package that's about 2" narrower than the stock G rad so I can fit the big oil cooler in there in th stock location next to the rad.
Thoughts?
-Dave G.