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On 15 Feb 2005 at 14:25, Iturzaeta , Joseph wrote: > What is the fan housing made of? What, like cast aluminum? Is the fan > made of steel? Both of your guesses are correct, but the fan is made from thin sheet steel and is already pretty light. > Also, I took of the heater boxes. Anybody have any suggestions on what > to use to cover up the outlets on the fan housing. I was actually > thinking of using some of that tubing to route lines to the front of the > enging to hit the cylinders from the front. Would this help keep the > engine a little cooler, or is that just a bad idea? The cooling is already pretty good and gives no problems until folks start leaving out parts. For a really big HP engine the extra ducts MIGHT help, but they would have to be quite large if they expect to carry much air up there. That length at that diameter is pretty restrictive compared to what's already there. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~