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Honda VFR oil cooler swap

Geez...where do you get all these spare parts? Anyway, I'm guessing you're going to fab the superior Suzuki part to your Honda. It looks pretty simple to me. Do the lines from the GSXR fit your bike?

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Originally Posted by Amber Lamps (Post 393939)

Geez...where do you get all these spare parts? Anyway, I'm guessing you're going to fab the superior Suzuki part to your Honda. It looks pretty simple to me. Do the lines from the GSXR fit your bike?

I'll be using the RC51. The GSXR is a last resort. Also if would probably cool too much in the winter.

The cool thing about lines is you see where the crimp is. You can actually cut that off and reveal a nipple where the hose slide onto.

I don't think running too much rad area is really a problem... come on

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Originally Posted by Gas Man (Post 393985)

I don't think running too much rad area is really a problem... come on

Not for an air cooled sissy bike like yours. The main problem is the side rads. The weird is it runs like every vfr in the summer. 180's on the highway and in the 200's in traffic or slow riding, but in the winter it has a hard time keeping 170F on the highway. I've changed the T-stat and even block 1 rad, but barely keeps it in the "warm" range. I'll defiantly have to block oil rad now.

Time to temporary mount the RC cooler.

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The mount on the cooler is more offset than the stock one. It'll be a little closer to the right rad.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...wap17Large.jpg

Here's the fun tedious fun part. Bending the lines to fit. You'll be pulling them out and putting back multiple times. The right one I used a rubber mallet. I placed the right oil line on the ground with the cooler mount upward. I smacked it down with the mallet. No science there.

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The left side you have to twist the oil cooler line where it bolts to the cooler. I used a pair of pliers and my manly strength. Of course a vise would have made it easier.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...wap29Large.jpg

Once they're lined up as good as possible, get the engine side ready.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...wap20Large.jpg

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The middle o-ring is what I used. I also used one smaller one to fit inside that one. Double the sealing. LOL

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Bolt the oil cooler lines on first, then bolt the cooler to it's brackets second, and last bolt the engine side of the oil lines.

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The right side does have a slight problem. Since the line is lowered from the oil rad being taller.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...wap28Large.jpg

The left side has no problem with hitting anything.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...wap30Large.jpg

Here's what a high pressure line looks like when you cut the crimp off.

http://bbs.zuwharrie.com/content/topic,88319.0.html

Just curious... what made you think that the Jap engineers don't know how to design cooling systems?

So why are you swapping again?