Benihana's 14 Black Nismo Journal

Benihana

Thanks Leroy,

Living in a cooler climate, I could have got away with the 25 row in addition to the water/oil cooler in the car already. With the temps still in the 40s-50s I couldn't' get the oil temp up to a level I felt safe flogging it.

So... I made some blocking plates out of black foam board and attached with the super high strength velcro-like stuff you would get with an EZ-Pass transponder. I simply cut the board to the length of the cooler and made it into two sections. One each above and below the Yamaha chassis dampener. (The dampener has to be flipped over to the passenger side when the cooler goes in.)

With sections blocking plates, I can remove one or both pieces as needed for warmer temps and track days. By adding or removing sections I can tune my engine oil temps as needed, it works great.



top blocking plate off and on