OilBud oil cooler
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Cruiser
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From: AZ
Take in mind that there is not an oil cooler that is going to keep your engine cooler - rather, it's keeps the oil cooler. The engine is somewhere around 90% air cooled. Oil temps will follow engine temp.
If you want the best of both worlds, cooler engine, and cooler oil, run a head fan like Wards, Nenale, or even that copy cat company love jugs who stole Wards design.
If you want the best of both worlds, cooler engine, and cooler oil, run a head fan like Wards, Nenale, or even that copy cat company love jugs who stole Wards design.
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There is very little oil pushed up to the heads (ounces per minute), just enough to keep the valve springs and rockers happy.
So... oil cooler or not, your engine will still be hot, especially in traffic. What the engine really needs is moving air...
An oil cooler will do little to nothing for the heat felt in the riders seat.
Just the same, you can't go wrong with having an oil cooler with or without oil-cooler-fan - because it helps the oil, just know that if you're after removing engine heat and lowering oil temp, buy a head fan.
If you want to lower oil temps only - buy an oil cooler. And then later....you can buy a head fan.
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Cool. Just take in mind that the heads are not oil cooled.
There is very little oil pushed up to the heads (ounces per minute), just enough to keep the valve springs and rockers happy.
So... oil cooler or not, your engine will still be hot, especially in traffic. What the engine really needs is moving air...
An oil cooler will do little to nothing for the heat felt in the riders seat.
Just the same, you can't go wrong with having an oil cooler with or without oil-cooler-fan - because it helps the oil, just know that if you're after removing engine heat and lowering oil temp, buy a head fan.
If you want to lower oil temps only - buy an oil cooler. And then later....you can buy a head fan.
There is very little oil pushed up to the heads (ounces per minute), just enough to keep the valve springs and rockers happy.
So... oil cooler or not, your engine will still be hot, especially in traffic. What the engine really needs is moving air...
An oil cooler will do little to nothing for the heat felt in the riders seat.
Just the same, you can't go wrong with having an oil cooler with or without oil-cooler-fan - because it helps the oil, just know that if you're after removing engine heat and lowering oil temp, buy a head fan.
If you want to lower oil temps only - buy an oil cooler. And then later....you can buy a head fan.
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From: Vegas Baby!!
+2 for Oilbud...works great in the Las Vegas heat! Great quality as was designed and built by an aircraft engineer.
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Shouldn't the LRS be #1 and the Ultra be #2 in your sig? Or is that just my OCD causing that twitch?
Road Master
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Well, if people can't tell the difference between the bikes they've got bigger problems than I can address.
Road Warrior
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Hahaha, touché....
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From: AZ
UltraCool oil cooler
I pulled the trigger on UltraCool oil cooler, I should get it next week and will have my friend's shop install it. I will have a real test on my way to Laughlin, while I am there (stop & go) and back to AZ.
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Got it installed at my friend's shop, about an hour, the hardest thing was putting on the fan cover. Tested using test bypass plug included with the kit and works fine. Bike was not hot enough where the fans came on, I will test it out tomorrow as it'll be 94 degrees here where I live.
This product is truly well engineered and built, they use high quality parts. My friend (shop owner) was impressed. There was another customer there and he is going to install one on his Dyna that just had engine rebuilt with 120HP so he'll definitely need one.
This product is truly well engineered and built, they use high quality parts. My friend (shop owner) was impressed. There was another customer there and he is going to install one on his Dyna that just had engine rebuilt with 120HP so he'll definitely need one.