Quote Originally Posted by Symon260z View Post
Golden Boy,

Doesn't sound stupid at all. An unpainted aluminium engine expels heat very efficiently but when painted the heat stays in the engine. However I would still prefer with the oil cooling, as long as there is a thermostat, to control the oil temperature on hot days and to increase the engine's oil capacity.

Anyway the Honda Xr400's engine wasn't painted and still had the oil cooler so if Honda thought it was necessary it probably is necessary. So TIC again and Shineray are probably just trying to save some money.

Symon
Or have no idea how to deal with the heat issue, and are clutching at straws in the hope that the unpainted alloy engine will just work. Assume the company really has little to no idea... today an oil cooler, tomorrow not... reason... "ah, I dunno"
TIC as stated