When I had my car upgraded by CCM to 140 spec they fit the all ali radiator without the small air bleed pipe / connector. The way they altered the piping was to cut it just past the T piece and then screw a M10 caphead into the open end and apply a pipe clip.
I have had no problem with air locks but when filling but have left the plug out of the top of the radiator until is full, replaced it and continued to fill.
I must admit that as an "engineering" solution I liked the idea of all the high spots in the head, the radiator and the expansion bottle being connected as a nice neat solution to avoid all those nasty problem that the K series boys get.