Heat sink cooler?

[Guest]

Has anyone tried a heat sink oil cooler on their GS?

What would be the pros or cons of it over a plate or tube & fin cooler?

I was considering getting one but wanted to ask around first. I don't sit in a lot of traffic and not super hot where I live but do run in the 70-90deg range all summer. The stock gauge has climb up around the 300 deg mark before on a hot day sitting at a light but doesn't happen very often. Also don't know how accurate the gauge is.

[Steve]

Has anyone tried a heat sink cooler on their GS?

Why do you feel that you need to cool your heat sink?



I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that you are trying to cool your oil.

ANY kind of cooler is a "heat sink" cooler, so what specific kind of cooler are you asking about?

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[Jason the terminator]

Well the only fluid to cool on a GS is oil so yes an oil cooler. The kind that is specifically called a heat sink cooler.

http://www.jegs.com/i/Derale/259/13253/10002/-1?CT=999http://www.jegs.com/i/Derale/259/13253/10002/-1?CT=999

[Steve]

Well the only fluid to cool on a GS is oil so yes an oil cooler. The kind that is specifically called a heat sink cooler.

http://www.jegs.com/i/Derale/259/132...0002/-1?CT=999

OK, in your original post, you only said you wanted to cool your heat sink, you said nothing about using a heat sink-type OIL cooler.
I see that you have now gone back and edited that.

I am not all that much into using oil coolers, but I can't imagine why that type would be any more efficient than the standard tube-and-fin type. Cooling ability is a function of surface area and temperature difference. Since the temperature difference between oil and the surrounding air won't change from one type of cooler to another, you are left with surface area. Lots of smaller tubes with oil going through them will have more surface area than a single large tube, which is what the "heat sink" type appears to be. If it is something more than that, please educate me.

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