RE: Secondary oil cooler

[Gurrola_J <Gurrola_J@BLS.GOV>]

> Douglas_Brashear wrote:
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>>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...<<
> 
If type 3's were designed with the same performance parameters as that
of a Porsche, then the VW engineers would have designed a complimentary
cooling system that worked within those parameters.  With a vehicle that
produces at best 1/3 bhp as that  of a Porsche 911, as an example,  the
cooling system VW engineers designed is more than adequate.  Why would
anyone think they can do it better; and, moreover, PROVE IT with any
sort of empirical data??

Jaime.




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