Looking at doing some mods for a fxr150. Its oil cooled and i was wondering if its possible to actually set up a water cooling system as well? Would it give any additional power, actually be worth it or bike won't perform as well with one?
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Crazy water cooling idea
Looking at doing some mods for a fxr150. Its oil cooled and i was wondering if its possible to actually set up a water cooling system as well? Would it give any additional power, actually be worth it or bike won't perform as well with one?
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Originally Posted by IronicCapers
Apart from riding in the rain there's not much you can do with your FXR150.
You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
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Waaaaay back in the early 80's guys usta weld waterjackets on to air cooled mx bikes......helps stop power fade as they get hot. Lotta work though....and they usually ran no pump, just used the thermosyphon to circulate the water....
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Is the bike overheating? Fix the cause first.The manufacturer though pretty hard about the cooling,I doubt you could make a better job of it.They are not oil cooled,they just use the oil to transfer some heat - all 4 strokes do that,they just thought a bit harder on where to send the oil for heat transfer duties.
For that matter,water cooled bikes aren't watercooled either,they are indirectly aircooled,using the water to transfer heat from engine to air.
Pretengineer
Motu. They are 'oil cooled'
the oil runs through a small oil radiator at the front of the bike.
And regarding to water cooled.
Does the water not 'cool' the engine first, then disapate the heeat into the air to go back and 'cool' the engine again??
Pretengineer
but no need to water cool a FXR... they just dont make the heat
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The correct terms are - direct aircooled (motorcycle with fins)...indirect aircooled (water with surface air radiator)....direct water cooled (boat with sea or lake water cooling,industrial with mains)....indirect water cooling (boat or industrial using a heatexchanger to sea or mains).A lot of engines using all of the above for cooling will also have some means of oil cooling using the same methods,Suzuki just took it a step further and put more duties to the oil for heat transfer...but it's still direct air cooled.
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Sounds like it might be extra weight, no performance gain, Might help efficiency a little bit though?
My one never overheated or anywhere near it though.
I always wanted to turbocharge that sucker...
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Okay... you win geezer
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yeah i know all the little things about engines like cooling (being a studying apprentice) i was jus wondering if it was plausible idea
Moped rider
"No"
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L-Plate Rider
Probably better to try and free up the intake system.
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They wheelie well anyways... Nitrous I say!!
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Hardcore Biker
The suzuki FXR 150 is always going to be a Suzuki FXR150. I'm actually quite a fan of this bike. Love the fact that it can do everything, while running on the smell of a wet fart.
No point whatsoever modifying it. This is the kind of bike where you stick to the idea of "if it ain't broke, then don't fix it".
If you modify it, it will cost you in other places, like worse gas mileage, and it might lose some of it nearly non-existant low and midrange. This bike in it's standard form is one of the very best at doing what it does best: Getting you round really cheap, reliably, while still being plenty of fun. Base any changes around keeping all three of those properties.
In my opinion, a water cooling system is way to much effort to go. I don't think there would be any benefits. Might just cause your engine to take longer to warm up which isn't that good. Also might prevent your engine reaching a proper operating temperature. The fact that these bikes don't burn much fuel means that they don't put out a lot of heat energy, so if you go chucking on a water cooler, it might never warm up.
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