RE: Secondary oil cooler

[Douglas_Brashear@mail.amsinc.com]

This thread is addictive...what about making a long coil ala Porsche, and
having it inside the rear bumper with some sort of a small (but long) air
scoop to bring air in there...it could have as many as 8 or 9 loops in it,
which should cool the oil pretty well given the appropriate amount of air
circulation...you could also hook up a blower (with the motor mounted up
under the rear apron with a tube to carry the cooling air into the
bumper...of course, you'd have to have a spare bumper to work with (or not
mind modifying your existing one...but then again, now that I think about
it I don't remember seeing bumpers on your car (saw the pics in your
website)....hmmm...I'll keep thinking...

-Doug
69 auto FI square
73 FI fasty
98 NB
douglas_brashear@mail.amsinc.com




                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 



To:   "\"type3@vwtype3.org\" " <type3@vwtype3.org>
cc:    (bcc: Douglas Brashear/AMS/AMSINC)
Subject:  RE: Secondary oil cooler




Can't compare too well as it's a different beast (water-cooled American
eight-cylinder engine vs. air-cooled VW four-banger).  As per my Porsche
comment
I don't want to string up oil lines that far.  It would also violate my
"simple
and common" goal as installing a grill is too much work (well, and those
long,
expensive oil lines).  Thanks for the thoughts, though, and keep thinking!
:)
   Toby Erkson
   air_cooled_nut@pobox.com  <-- Please use this address for email
   '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed
   '75 Porsche 914 1.8L, ORPCA member
   Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/

>-----Original Message-----
>Several years back a friend built a T3 truck with an Olds 455 in the
>back end.  He used a rabbit grill and graphed it into the front end
>below the bumper and put a radiator behind it in the spare tire well.
>...What about putting second oil cooler there?
>Between it and the extra hose to get there and back(throught the center
>channel) you should have a significant supply of oil and a unobstructed
>cool air source.

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