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I do have the block off plates available for purchase is anyone is intrested. I too wonder what the benefit of not using a oil cooler is. I dont see it although alot of people eliminate them.
This is just my opinion so dont shoot me......The oil cooler assists the radiator in cooling the engine. The theory is that if your cooling system is adequate then the oil cooler does little. Remember that in the bike chassis it had very small radiators. Not so in the car chassis. Some of these cars have very much excess radiator cooling.The oil cooler, like a radiator, is only effective if it has airflow, either by RAM effect or by fan. Many guys mount them in out of the way areas with little or no airflow. If thats the case, yeah take em off. But if you mount them WITH airflow, they do heaps. And not just in engine cooling but also in keeping the oil itself in tip top condition.IMO, the oil cooler CANT HURT. Leave it on and make it work by directing air over it. Also keep it AWAY from your exhaust tubing, if it can efficiently dissapate heat it can certainly efficiently ABSORB heat.If you think it looks messy, bling it up with some braided lines and fittings from Earls...