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 tassy74ida
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| posted on December 9th, 2015 at 09:31 AM |
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12A rotary conversion?
Hi guys would like to talk to anyone who has completed the rotary conversion. Specifically want to talk about how you went about the cooling system
etc. cheers
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| posted on January 26th, 2016 at 05:39 PM |
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Hey
I have a 12a mild port in my Beach Buggy road car. Radiator is mounted under the front bonnet. Used an EL falcon aluminium rad with twin thermos.
Oil cooler is mounted up front off the front bumper.
Air is ducted into the bonnet using a STI bonnet scoop and hot air exit underneath the car.
If I was doing a conversion on a beetle I would mount the radiator in the spare wheel well and duct air from underneath the front apron to pressurise
one side of the radiator to force air through and mount a thermo fan to keep thing cool when in traffic. Unfortunately there is no way around
removing some sheet metal and you will need to seal up the front of the radiator against the bonnet when it is closed. Mount oil cooler upfront. Run
water pipes down each side of the chassis and run a additional single pipe to house and run hydrolic hoses to the front for the oil cooler.
Cheers Rel
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| posted on January 26th, 2016 at 08:29 PM |
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had the cooler at the back and worked well without the extended oil lines
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1303Steve
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| posted on January 27th, 2016 at 05:30 AM |
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You can basically use the same techniques that are used on any conversion, Subaru etc. Steer away from rear mounted radiators
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