More Oil, Less Heat
Road Warrior
Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Summit, Mississippi
As for the floorboard cooler heat burning your feet... I don't think so. The same question always arises when the crash-bar cooler comes up. Guys say they will burn their hands or melt-down the fiberglass on the lowers...neither of which are true. I'd be more concerned about the price and like posted above, the plumbing. It mentions "by-pass" valves and you would surely want one on any cooler, unless you use the sandwich adapter that has one in it. Plumbing-up vales under that frame can wind up being very unattractive and messy. Using ONE with the sandwich adapter, you could make a real neat installation. I may have to try one of these when the get off the "price coming soon" thing and put a figure on it. It looks bullet-proof.
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Baker Pan
I wonder if adding something like the Baker oil pan, which gives you another quart of oil, would help cool down the engine?
http://www.bakerdrivetrain.com/flt/index.htm#p1p
The web site says it reduces temp 10 deg on a 80 deg day.
http://www.bakerdrivetrain.com/flt/index.htm#p1p
The web site says it reduces temp 10 deg on a 80 deg day.
I don't hear as many complaining on the 09's once they go in for a tune and richen up the fuel. Richen up the AFR and you cool it down some. You do this on a 2010 and you may clog up the cat over time and make it hotter.
I went with a 10 row jagg using the same principle, more oil and more fins, 40% more cooling over the 6 row Harley hangs on the Tri's. Help's in the wind but in slow traffic and at lights the cooler does not do it's job. Went with the Lenale Fan for lights and traffic jams, just another bandaid until I can get the two main fixes put on it for the heat. Lose the cat and tune.
You will have people in the know come on here and say the complete fix is change those overlapping cams and tune. They are set up more for EPA than engine efficiency. They are right, but that is high dollar, I'm talking the bare bones minimum to get some extended head life. The EIMTS heat management system will kick out that rear and suck air long enough to cool the sucker down through the warranty period.
I am just wondering about extended head life, the CVO's are claiming head damage early, gasket and leaks. 20 to 35 thousand miles for some. They have had the cat for several years and IMO that cat is holding in heat causing a lot of the rear cylinder head failures!
Last edited by coupe55; Sep 11, 2009 at 08:40 PM. Reason: spelling
Tourer
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I use a oil cooler and a fan kit. I can sit in traffic all day and the temp never goes above 215F
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Road Warrior
Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Summit, Mississippi
Those things look pretty beefy and durable. I had toyed with a way to get a remote filter housing down under there and use a canister rather than a filter, like one of those units that have the insert as opposed to the spin-on. The thing is out in the wind and is not right there in front of the motor blocking precious cooling air. I suspect I will have to try one. I sure think with the wafer adapter and some built-up stainless steel lines...it would look real cool.
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