Hi guys!
I want to buy a porsche fan conversion kit for my type 1 motor. Anyone has one for sale? Any recomendation? Apparently all the ones in the market are different like from FAT, Bernie Bergman, CSP and so on......
Anyone have any experience with Sharpbuilt kit for type 1?
John try Porscheaparts I got my fan and surround for $300 they did have a complete unit with alternator for $1200.I,m looking at using a early golf alternator it has the same shaft size.cheers Malcolm.
You can get Aussie made alternators for them, from aporschapart just look at the number cast into the stator ring of the fan assembly and quote that and thay can supply correct unit. I bought one for mine and they are a great unit. The original french made ones work but are known to shit themselves and are quite expensive to repair. As for amps i can't remember but they produce way more than the originals, i sold my kit to buy a DTM from Jake Raby of aircooled technology in the states. My 911 Sharpbuilt kit cost over $2k, and was a pain in the arse to fit, so i sold it and got the DTM, it cools better and fits much easier and also was way cheaper even with currency conversion. As for the golf alternator it's a radial bearing versus an axial bearing or vice versa. Hope this helps, cheers Damo.
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It was about $1200 for the stage 2 type 4 kit, there is a sale on at the moment on all DTM's and i think the type 1 kit is around $400 US, just go to The type 4 store or Aircooled technology site for more info.
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61 Karmann Ghia 2110cc type1 w Los Panchito's
66 Deluxe Beetle 2270 type 4
10 Subaru WRX Impreza
I have fitted several Sharpbuilt kits to both type-1 and type-4 engines and they are very well manufactured . Here is a pic of the last 1776 turbo Ghia engine that I did , fitted with a type-1 porsche fan kit .
hypo-vw, can the sharpbuilt kit's oil filler be change to a shorter one? (Black colour) I like it shorter as it looks out of place in a small type one engine bay. Also issit a bolt on kit or i need to do any modification to my type 1 case?
Um, doesn't look real obvious to me... I'd prefer to keep the cooler mounted to the block like stock - no oil lines - with a 911 style fan. The Penrose/Sharp pic doesn't seem to show that
None of the TI kits use the oil cooler mounted in the stock location.... the top of the shroud is not very deep in that position.... Just can't be done..... But you could mod a TIII to fit I guess.... But that would mean cutting up the shroud to make it fit.....
The DTM style shrouds are totally different to the Porsche style shrouds.... The DTM looks kinda like a OEM VW shroud, but uses a centrifical style fan I think... And the cooler take-off come out of the top of the shroud and wraps down behind the shroud to the oil cooler...
VWCOOL wrote:Um, doesn't look real obvious to me... I'd prefer to keep the cooler mounted to the block like stock - no oil lines - with a 911 style fan. The Penrose/Sharp pic doesn't seem to show that
Look up sharpbuilt website............its obvious there.
