Oil cooler fans
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RE: Oil cooler fans
Bad news. Although the cooler has >1" clearance from the fender when stilll, when riding it manages to make contact. Now I have some scratches to deal with, and will remove the fans until I can find some thinner ones.
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RE: Oil cooler fans
ORIGINAL: iclick
Bad news. Although the cooler has >1" clearance from the fender when stilll, when riding it manages to make contact. Now I have some scratches to deal with, and will remove the fans until I can find some thinner ones.
Bad news. Although the cooler has >1" clearance from the fender when stilll, when riding it manages to make contact. Now I have some scratches to deal with, and will remove the fans until I can find some thinner ones.
[&o] Quick question, I know you said it's raining, but how effective are the dual fans while the motor is running just sitting in the garage?
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RE: Oil cooler fans
ORIGINAL: UltraKla$$ic
Quick question, I know you said it's raining, but how effective are the dual fans while the motor is running just sitting in the garage?
Quick question, I know you said it's raining, but how effective are the dual fans while the motor is running just sitting in the garage?
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RE: Oil cooler fans
ORIGINAL: UltraKla$$ic
You're a pioneer my man! I have used Vantec Tornadoes for years in my computers. I use the 92mm variant that blows 119cfm.
I shop at NEWEGG.COM. Fast, free shipping.
Also to note, alot of guys that use watercooling for their computers have custom built "shrouds" for fans that keep the radiator cool.......these same shrouds would also work over your oil cooler and provide a custom, stable enviroment as they are molded to accept 2 fans just as you have setup.
I'll try and do a search to see what I can come up with as I've been out of the hopped up(exotic cooling)computer biz for some time now.
You're a pioneer my man! I have used Vantec Tornadoes for years in my computers. I use the 92mm variant that blows 119cfm.
I shop at NEWEGG.COM. Fast, free shipping.
Also to note, alot of guys that use watercooling for their computers have custom built "shrouds" for fans that keep the radiator cool.......these same shrouds would also work over your oil cooler and provide a custom, stable enviroment as they are molded to accept 2 fans just as you have setup.
I'll try and do a search to see what I can come up with as I've been out of the hopped up(exotic cooling)computer biz for some time now.
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RE: Oil cooler fans
ORIGINAL: sleepneagle
I average 1500/mo riding to work and weekends. More when I take a trip. Oh those are year round monthly averages.
I average 1500/mo riding to work and weekends. More when I take a trip. Oh those are year round monthly averages.
Have a cooler for almost 3 years now, just don't see the need to have the extra load on the electrical system or run the chance of shorting out. everything gets kicked up down there.
Anyway, 'til I can find a thinner fan that defitely won't hit the fender, this project is on hold! I still can't believe the fender and/or forks move that much while rolling!
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RE: Oil cooler fans
Perhaps in your obsession to mount those fans you've overlooked a simpler fix for the fender clearance problem......................maybe a fender from a Fat Boy would take care of it?
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RE: Oil cooler fans
ORIGINAL: dgriffith
What are these two working on, a HONDA/DAVIDSON? If the moco wanted another enginerd, they would only need to look here!
What are these two working on, a HONDA/DAVIDSON? If the moco wanted another enginerd, they would only need to look here!
I like this idea and hope that you can find a solution to the clearance issue.
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Happy hunting with the fans, this is the same project that I've had in mind for quite sometime. I've got a fan from some water cooled moto-cross bike, forget which one. Maybe a Yamahama I think, but the fan I have needs to have an inclosure built and the backing plate of the H-D cooler modified. I was also going to run my fan in the rear.
Good luck with it, hope you keep posting with it, I'm interested in how much drop in temps are effected by air accros the coils. I'm thinking that if the temps can't be kept down when at idle it maybe due to such low oil psi that we just don't have enough overall volume (flow) to counter the increase in temps when at idle!??
Good luck with it, hope you keep posting with it, I'm interested in how much drop in temps are effected by air accros the coils. I'm thinking that if the temps can't be kept down when at idle it maybe due to such low oil psi that we just don't have enough overall volume (flow) to counter the increase in temps when at idle!??