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Cooling overkill

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Sunburn

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New oil cooler.

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Block connections
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Here is where it hit the headers, have to find another way to connect to the block. Missed it by that much. Clears the other side. Any ideas?

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Did you install an 1150 oil filter cover? It's needed no?
 
Use the OEM Banjo Bolts

Use the OEM Banjo Bolts

If you can find them. They sit much closer to the engine.

Or call Paragon; I think they might be the 10 mm bolts and banjos

http://www.paragonperformance.com/ADPTRS7.html

Bike looking good otherwise.

Posplayr


Also as Nessism says, pickup the GS1150 cover. They are about $30 new at BB. Required to block direct flow to the oil filter and reroute out to your cooler before returning back to filter.

An old related link; sorry I got rid of the pics previously showing the banjos

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=119433&highlight=oil+cooler
 
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posplayr said:
If you can find them. They sit much closer to the engine.

Or call Paragon; I think they might be the 10 mm bolts and banjos

http://www.paragonperformance.com/ADPTRS7.html

Bike looking good otherwise.

Posplayr
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The block threads are 14MM If I rememeber right? I'll have to check again i don't rememeber. Think it would require a angle on the Banjo to clear the cooling fins. I've searched for hours on the net for somthing that would work. Might have to pick up the phone.

If I could elimnate the metric adaptor that I currently have would save me some clearance.
 
I need to know where to get that oil cooler! Its awsome.
 
Tarbash 27 said:
I need to know where to get that oil cooler! Its awsome.
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It's an Earl's. Search on the net you can find 10 or so dealers that can sell you one as fast as you can say "my walet is open and now empty" :oops: Isleoman has an older version. Mine is overkill.

Once you get the cooler, mounting bracket, fittings and hose you can drop $300. Then you have to modify the bracket, new bracket bolts, I will also have to modify the horn brackets to remount them to the bike. I'm not running a thermostat. That would drive $$ it more. There are more cheap routes to go


I bought all my cooler stuff a year ago and left it in a box. Now I'm getting busy but hit another road block.
 
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Same header as yours as far as I can tell. My fitting with the metric adaptor sticks out further.:mad: My header seems closer to the frame to me?



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posplayr said:
I went to the trouble of posting these pics , so now you will probably tell me you have not switched the covers yet
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Paint was drying on my 1150 cover when I took the photo without the headers. It needed some touch up! Changed the cover before the header went back on. LOL purchased the oil cooler in July of 07 and purchased my 1150 cover a year before that. It just sat it a draw waiting for this day :). Mine has a little opening on the block off that I could not see on yours. Is it there?
 
Your set-up looks pretty good! Do let us know the extent of the temp drop, with this cooler installed.....I recall some of your earlier posts re. the temp gauge reading too high, sans cooler. Up here, I find even the 1150 cooler I'm running overkill, unless ambient temp is 80F or higher....oil temp will reach 175F, but no higher, on cooler days (which is probably not a good thing?).

Tony.
 
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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My header is binding right now. I can't get the rear bolt to start due to the contact with the earls fitting. I may have used too big of a fitting. Yours looks smaller. Are you running 6AN? Mine is 8AN with hind site should have used 6AN and I would have been riding right now :mad:
 
Mysuzyq said:
Your set-up looks pretty good! Do let us know the extent of the temp drop, with this cooler installed.....I recall some of your earlier posts re. the temp gauge reading too high, sans cooler. Up here, I find even the 1150 cooler I'm running overkill, unless ambient temp is 80F or higher....oil temp will reach 175F, but no higher, on cooler days (which is probably not a good thing?).

Tony.
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Thanks, I researched this subject on this board and posted a few helpful posts finding our what others were doing to solve the problem. My motor on a hot day runs well over 300 and starts to make nose if I don't cut the day short. If this cooler makes it runs too cool on a cold day then I will install a thermostat. I'll post updates on this thread.


Mark
 
posplayr said:
Yep the cutout is there. I measured it once but dont have the numbers now.

You gonna do Banjo's ?


Posplayr
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I'm going to take the header back off and re-think it. I fear the banjo has to be at an angle to keep it off the block area to give room for the hose and to clear things that stick out around the block
 
Sunburn said:
.... My motor on a hot day runs well over 300 and starts to make nose if I don't cut the day short. If this cooler makes it runs too cool on a cold day then I will install a thermostat. I'll post updates on this thread.Mark
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I think you will be fine without a thermostat in California, if those are the temps you see. Your engine is probably not stock, I suppose, which would explain the difference in running temps.
IMO, going with the stock 1150-style banjo hook up on the engine end of the lines would be the best bet, to solve the clearance problem. At this point, hope those lines will be long enough, after removing the existing fittings.:-k

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Above pic is from Mike's site (our Aussie bro).

Tony.
 
Use a 45 degree coming out of the block and angle it away from the exhaust then connect the line to it with another 45 but it will probably be over the edge of your filter cover.
 
Just checked the Earl's store and there are lots of fitting choices in -6, but -8 is limited. Kind of a bummer since it would be pretty expensive to switch over now.
 
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