I wonder if there isn't a less dramatic way to keep the oil cool. Here's my point: Nissan has done everything they can to obscure everything mechanical from view under the hood. (I mean, the battery's concealed? The brake reservoir is concealed? Why was that necessary?) There are more extraneous covers under the hood than there are moving parts! The result is that you can't get much airflow around the engine.
It seems to me that a thoughtful elimination of "beauty covers" under the hood would both save weight AND make the engine run cooler. Has anyone done this?
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