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I need the tin that goes around the oil radiator some how! >From Chris Swafford:www.geocities.com/motorcity/garage/4265/ 537Buckeye 36LSB S.W. Corner of Cinti,Oh In the Hills 71'Beautiful stock Squareback half in primer 73'Squareback (More than solid)Rear end hell! Any Suggestions? 68'Bug w/swingaxle (I hate thoes)Oh well! On Sun, 19 Jul 1998 01:29:41 -0600 "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> writes: > >> EduardoG=> Can someone explain what they are, and assuming they are >a >> => good thing, can they be retrofitted to a '67? >> >> They go up between the pushrod tubes and the cylinders, replacing >the >> stock flat tin, to shape airflow more tightly around the bottoms of >the >> cylinders. I've yet to see anyone show them to be harmful, and many >> report good results, so many that they are pretty much standard on >> rebuilds here in Arizona. They'll fit your '67 (and any other year) >just >> fine. Wire them onto the cylinders after you've set the jugs and >before >> you put on the heads. Buy black, not chrome. > >Okay, let me explain this a bit more. In 71 VW introduced a >different kind of under cylinder air deflector on the T3s only. >These have come to be called "Cool Tins" because they are thought to >provide better cooling. I suspect this is true, but I have no data. >I am, however, willing to believe that VW did not do this for no >reason, so I believe there must have been a reason, even a good >reason. So let us accept the fact that they are a good thing. > >At the same time that the cool tins were introduced, the lower >cylinder cover plates (both sides) and the lower rear air deflector >plates were both changed to clear the new, larger cool tins. If you >try to install the cool tins using any of the old style lower >deflector plates you will find that in several places you now have >two pieces of metal both determined to occupy the same space. Since >this is impossible, you cannot mount this collection of parts in >quite the desired position, and it is thus impossible to know how >close you have come to meeting or exceeding the cooling of even the >old style of cooling plates. > >I use the cool tins on most of the engines I build, but I usually >start with a late (70-) engine and case, and replace the necessary >parts to come up with the 71- arrangement. I can do this only >because I have lots of parts around from having disassembled lots of >engines. When assembled with the correct parts, everything fits >without interference, and nothing needs to be wired into place. > >If you are just trying to give new life to an old engine, however, I >see no reason not to just use ALL the old cooling tin and forget the >cool tin. That having been said, I have a brand new OEM set of cool >tins that I would be willing to sell for whatever the current market >price is, if anyone is still interested. > >Jim >- >******************************* >Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org >Madison, Wisconsin, USA >******************************* > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]