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On Sat, 2005-12-31 at 12:50, Mark Fuhriman wrote: > On 12/31/05 7:22 AM, "Constantino Tobio" <ctobio@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Indeed, if the vents are pointing the wrong way, they can severely > > restrict airflow at higher speeds. > > > All '69 and earlier vents face "backward". I think Brian had it right when > he said that VW changed them because of public perception that the direction > of the vents somehow affect the engine cooling. Keep in mind that the fan > draws the air in, not the car motion, and the fan moves a LOT of air > regardless of vent direction. > Amen. The louvers are actually in a dead air zone. Therefore, the fan does all the work, of moving air over the engine. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~