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On 12 Apr 2005 at 18:39, Aaron Clow wrote: > Jim Adney wrote: > > >It's tempting to assume that when the car is moving, the hot air won't have a > >chance to accumulate back there like that, but that's not at all clear. There's > >often a "dead volume" behind the car which is just carried along with the car. > >That's the space where the type 3 engine gets its cooling air, and much of the > >air that's fed into this volume is the hot air that has just come out of the > >cooling system. > Not only that, but doesn't the whole air ducting system effectively > FORCE air to hit the spots that need it? My impression is that he still has most/all of his ducting in place, at least from the fan onwards. Because the fan stirs things up pretty much, I don't think the ducting that preceeds the fan has much effect on where the air goes on the engine; it only determines where that air comes from. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~