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Cooling overkill

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isleoman said:
They sure look the same. I'm wondering if my hanging bracket in the rear is lowering my slip on attachment and there by changing the angle of the dangle for the headers. Or to say it another way if I lifted the slip on in the back it might pull the headers closer to the frame rails. Just a thought. By the way Sunburn you bike looks awesome!!
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I loosened the header up again gave a little play and it would seem like it should clear, and it DID! Every thing is tight but I have a female short and curly of clearance!:eek:

The only problem is I?m one speed bump away from cracking it from the block. I need a little more wiggle room for it to be right. ?6an or banjo must happen.
 
Ok qty 2 14MM 1.5 bolts and qty 2 14MM to -8AN Banjo fitting on order for the bargain rate of $95.20 :lol: plus shipping. F? me run ?in :mad:? bolts on back order. Wont see them ship for another 7 days. Long wait when you got the fever...
 
just my 5 cents worth here ..

not done this myself , but a mate had the same issue ....he put a small indentation into the pipe and used 2 exhaust gaskets on all the pipes to give the clearance he needed ... seemed to work ok . :pray:


and i think you will agree ....this is overkill. :D

19 row , extrawide :eek:
 
Thanks for that Mocal link Sunburn. They seem to have good prices for complete oil cooler kits compared to some others I've seen. :)

How big of an oil cooler does a bigbore (1000+) GS motor need? 10 rows? Bigger?
 
80GS1000 said:
How big of an oil cooler does a bigbore (1000+) GS motor need? 10 rows? Bigger?
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Most would say NONE! Depends on where you live and ride. The one I have pictured is overkill 10 row cooler. The stock ones for 1150 are much smaller. If your motor is stock you don't need much of a cooler if any at all.
 
i hate to say it but you could always just make youre rear hanger a little bit longer. could you not?:D
 
Sunburn said:
Wow now that's a an oil cooler. There is a Hot Rod VW someplace missing an oil cooler :lol:
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lol ....this thing used to run a 1500 big block ....hence the huge cooler .

ive since replaced the motor with an 1170 as the 1500 was fun but had
trouble keeping its oil within the cases.i was gonna go back to the 10 row i used to have but the big one just looked ......erm.....cooler :rolleyes:

seems to do the job well enough


but anyways ...lets see some more gratuitous side angle shots of your lovely beastie :D
 
You guys in the UK get access to great aftermarket stuff. I always find web sites in the UK with all kinds of cool stuff but who can buy them here in the US with the weak dollar. Damn!
 
I finally gave up on finding a connection that will give me the clearance and just put new exhaust gasket in and lowered the rear mount an inch and that gave me just enough to call it done. I?m not happy but I?m riding.

Put 50 miles on it. Very, very small leak at the filter cover but all other connections oil tight. Never got over 220 degrees but have not run during the heat of the day or for a long duration. Before it would get close to being pegged 300+ range and start to ping. I was going to go for a long ride this weekend when I notice I let my insurance run out. Forgot to make my annual $80 payment. :)

I still have to do some fab work to my Horn brackets. I?ll post more pictures later.


Mark
 
Below is my last attempt. Found the right metric size but they sent me too different types but they was both the same “size” as far as the bolt was concerned. One had oil in it because it was previously used. LOL Hose is too fat so it wont clear the block. Sending them back anyway. Notice one is light blue the other dark and one is skinny and the other fat.

Damn.

Oh yeah i pulled the threads out of one of the header mount holes. got to spend $32 to re do that as well!LOL


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