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Originally Posted by Chrisguga
Cool, thanks. I see you have oil coolers on both of your bikes. Obviously you feel that’s important since the oil for the engine and transmission is one in the same. I haven’t really researched oil coolers at all.
I could order the oil cooler and then install it when I do the valves. I’ll read up on them tonight.
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It was necessary on the Hawk because of the higher compression ratio. It really extends the oil life which in turns extends the engine life. I was checking the oil yesterday and with 500 miles on it the oil hasn't changed color. It's still a nice golden brown. Before I installed an oil cooler on my hawk the oil would be black at 500 miles and this was before I did the head work. I think I paid under $60 for mine. I think it's worth it. My Hawk has over 7800 miles on it. I ran a bore scope in it about a month ago just for the heck of it and didn't see any signs of wear or scaring.