On Fri, 12 May Jeff Rosen <jeffro@u.washington.edu> wrote: >Has anyone seen, used, heard anything positive about additional air >ventilation for the engine comp. on an aircooled in the following manner- > Holes cut through body, sides of engine compartment to be exact, >with air "scoops" to usher in cool air? I've seen some pretty strange stuff used to funnel more cool air into the engine bay. Mostly on split window and bradloaf busses. On splitties, the square louvered area cut out and a white plastic scoop pop-rivetted on. One side or both. On breadloaf bodies, louvered hood with a metal screen held in place from the inside. The most ingenious was an older gent with a '68 Westy. He used black rubber (like a mud flap) to fashion some "ears" which are bolted to the air scoops at the top of the rear pillars. I bet it works great, but the van looks like Mickey Mouse chuggin' down the street. I'm not sure how much these alterations really effect the oil temp. Personally, I tend to want to keep things stock, Especially when it comes to cutting into the sheet metal body. Jack '73 Westy ----------------------------------------------------------------- Jack A. Stafford | Hughes Aircraft Company Engineering Specialist | Microelectronics Division Design Systems Department | Bldg. 700, MailStop B1260 (714) 759-2077 | 500 Superior Avenue (714) 759-2913 FAX | Newport Beach, California stafford@alcor.hac.com | 92658-8903 -----------------------------------------------------------------
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