LArger oil cooler

[Nessism]

I've used a lot of different types of coolers over the years with my adapters, but my current favorite cooler is a very light, slim 12 row cooler. I have some here at the moment, they have cast in 3/8" barb type fittings, are only about 3/4 of an inch thick, by 11 inches wide, by 4.5 inches high. Thats a surface area of 49.5 inches, and great for tourers, commuters, or canyon racers.


Being 3/8" and not 5/16" or smaller tubing like the old Lockhart and Derale coolers were, not to mention their much larger surface area, their physical size makes them super efficient, and when I had a gauge on my bike with an earlier adapter, even when I had 1073cc Yoshimura pistons and "road and track" cams, I never saw the VDO gauge climb much above 200 degrees.

Here's a pic of one my coolers, sorry about the quality, I can't find my digital camera, but at only 3/4 of an inch thick, it was easy to just scan it, ha ha! Cheers, Terry.

Terry,
Cooler looks good. Question about the 3/8" barbs: do you also use 3/8" barbs on the oil cooler adapter? I assume so but the fittings on the adapter photos look smaller than that. Hard to tell though from a photo.

[terry]

Yeah mate, 3/8" fittings on the adapter too. Cheers, Terry.