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Chris - Nothing is impossible.......but you must provide cool air to the engine for it to live. This means bringing it from ouside the engine compartment (much like VW did with the fender vents). I don't think you want to bring it from underneath the car. The air temperature under a car can exheed 250F in the summer at idle on blacktop (tested that at Ford). Probably more with our air cooled cars. I saw some data once while at Ford for a VW Beetle that showed air temperatures around the engine of 300F..OUCH!!! Your best bet would be to do as Jake Kooser suggested and keep the original vent location and modÒúç shape and look of them. Check out some Street Rod mags and stuff for ideas or check out Thom Taylor's Renditions from a one of the back issues of Hot VWs. He did a treatise on the Fastback. I don't have my reference in front of me, but can check out the issue when I get home today. As a minimum, you would need to maintain the cross-sectional area of the vent opening in any new openings that you create. If you increase the length of the ducting, I would recommend increasing the cross-sectional area, too. You also need to be careful about where you put the vents so that they are not in a big negative pressure area. You would end up trying to pull air out of the cooling system when at speed....not good. Fortunately there are not many negative pressure areas on the Square...just don't try to put them in your hatch...:^) Just some thoughts. I would be happy to discuss further off-list if you like. John Jaranson (former Ford and aeronautical engineer) '71 FI Auto Fasty (those vents don't do much for me either) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe