In a message dated 7/10/02 2:47:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, thoma@MINDSPRING.COM writes:
> If there's somewhere I could post a couple of pictures of the passenger side > mold "plug" I'd be happy to so you can get an idea of what the finished, > unpainted, fiberglass scoops will look like. I have no idea what to charge > for these things, but suffice to say I have probably 100 hours of design > and fabrication work in them up to this point. Actually making a couple of > scoops will probably only take several hours, including about $20 worth of > materials. Let me know if you're interested and what you think they're > worth. > > actually, Winkler of Germany makes some, which ken wilford (Van-Again) sells.. usually most of Winklers stuff is junk, (my personal experience) but the scoops they make arent too bad. ive seen some in person. not sure how much of a "ram-air" effect they do, but they look interesting.. i dont think i'd pay the $200+ that they cost, tho.. if the ones youre contemplating on making are more affordable, as well as asthetically pleasing, id be very interested.. on a side note - i think the main purpose of the rear vents is a heat outlet - heat rises.. dissapates out the vents.. the introduction of more air into the engine compartment has been a long-debated issue.. moreso with the aircooled vans.. (the majority of the cooling the WBX gets is from the radiator) i remember reading a old Gene Berg article on the addition of aftermarket side scoops to a '67 bus - whether or not it helped cool the aircooled engine.. anyone know the actual thermo-dynamics of this? chris |
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