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On 6 Aug 98, at 14:56, Erkson, Toby wrote: > Question: What if a Type IV oil cooler replaced the stock Type III oil > cooler? > This assumes that you would mold the cooling tin to the T4 cooler similar to > the stock T3 configuration. It seems to me that there is an implicit assumption here that more cooling would be better for the engine. In the case of a stock engine (1600 cc) I don't think this is true. For a much larger engine there might be some merit, but I would be tempted to try using a type 4 case instead. > What's interesting is that the T1 channels some cooling air to the oil > cooler > where the waste heat is expelled into the atmosphere. On our cars some of > the > waste heat is expelled into the atmosphere by the #3 exhaust (notice the > vent/louver directly above the exhaust port in the cooling tin) but the rest > continues around the bottom of the #3 & #4 cylinders before being > discharged. I thought the type 1 air distribution was the same as ours, but I'm not really as familiar with that. I suspect that if you really needed more cooling then this larger cooler might give you some. Jim - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/