New to the Dyna models (used to have air cooled), and with summers here in Fl. being on the hot side, looking for ways to keep the bike cooler.

Aside from the oil cooler, are there advantages to a tank lift or coil relocation kit to add in cooling?

Any other things to help with keeping it cool in the summer than what was mentioned above?

Thx

 

Florida can't be as hot as Texas and mine doesn't have any added "coolers". IF I added anything, I'd get an oil cooler.

 

Just as hot, but Texas gets a lot colder.

 

I have spent hundreds of hours working on getting the heat down on 07-up Twin Cams. They run too hot for their own good. I have found the following to be effective on every 07-up TC, whether air cooled, or a wethead.

These are in no particular order-

1. A Jagg oil cooler. Jaggs will provide 30-40% more cooling than the HD brand of the same size.

2. Tank Lift is good for 10-15* drop in engine temp (which will drop oil temps)

3. On Dynas & Softails, a coil relocation will lower the rear cylinder temp by 10*.

4. A good tune, not just fuel, but also tweaking the spark, this can help quite a bit with the heat

5. An air cleaner that does not feed oily, hot, oxygen depleted air into the engine. This helps with heat.

6. Exhaust that is not overly baffled...most any slip-on is better than stock, for heat.

7. A Reusable oil filter, reduce drag on engine (less heat) and has a tiny bit of cooling benefit off of the actual billet case.

8. NO fork wings or umbrella baffles when ambient temps are 70* or more.

9. Ward Parts Werks fans. These are good for 30-50* engine temp drop in stop & go, or just slow city riding. They are good for 10-15* engine temp drop at highway speeds.

Most stock and even "stage I" Twin Cams will have oil temps exceed 300* in hot ambient temps when being run at highway speeds or in slow moving traffic.

A good goal for oil temps is 230*, and if it starts going over 250*, that is getting close to a problem. At 270* damage is occurring.

No one thing will get the temps down to 230*, but when doing the items listed above, all of which do a little, you can ride as hard as you want, in ambient temps up to 110* and still keep your engine and oil temps down around 230*.

 

^^^Great info Kevin^^^
Thank you

 

Thanks for sharing DK

 

Thanks

 

Wards fans...one of the best investments I made on my bike...along with the crotch cooler to keep me cooler in traffic. Great products, both of them!

 

Personally, I don't ride in July, August, September. Maybe, just maybe a quick 6am ride. The rest of the time I'm sitting in the pool with the dogs.

 

I installed as Jagg oil cooler to my old 13' Dyna Fat Bob - easy installation, worked great, just get the one with the internal temp control that starts to allow flow thru it once the oil temps hits around 190 degrees.