Perhaps you haven't seen/felt the unbelievable amount of suction the type 2 motor's cooling fan produces at 3,500 rpm. I don't think there is any danger of air 'stagnating' on top of the motor, and getting hot, no matter how efficient your scoops. G. Matthew Bulley Bulley-Hewlett Corporate Communications Counselors www.bulley-hewlett.com Cary, NC USA 888.468.4880 tollfree ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- Get your FREE semi-private E-mail account, use your computer at work.
-----Original Message----- From: Per Lindgren [SMTP:lindgre@ONLINE.NO] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 7:13 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Air intake "scoops" Bulley wrote: > Most interesting to my, because on my Air-cooled Vanagon, I know EXACTLY > how air gets from the top of the motor box to the back of the van...through > my motor. Yes, but if you direct more air into the engine compartment than your motor can consume, what then? Where goes the air then? Nowhere! It stands still, heats up and is less efficient. PerL 87 Syncro 112i |
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