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--- Toby Erkson <air_cooled_nut@pobox.com> wrote: The 914 can get its > air from above via > the engine cover or, primarily, from below the car. > Later models have > two flaps under the body, before the engine bay, > that assist in > delivering air to the engine bay. Hrm, no. The two flaps are there to generate some turbulence at speed, and thus lower the pressure under the cooling air OUTLETS under the engine. This is helping to get hot air OUT of the engine, not cooling air IN. The 914 engine bay is completely separated into upper and lower halves, so all of the cool air has to come in from above through the engine cover. The cooling fan draws from this area above. Whatever cool air comes in from below does nothing but cool the exhaust system and sweep hot air out from under the car; none of it enters the cooling fan, as there's tin in the way. The Type 4 Busses appear to operate the same way. The 411/412 appear to operate like the Type 3. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~