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 baybuscamperkid
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| posted on May 7th, 2005 at 10:09 AM |
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new idea for plumbing in a notch
just wondering, has anyone ever attempted to run a rad at the BACK of a notch when doing a watercooled conversion? surely if you fitted a radiator to
the old air outlet from the aircooling (from the guards, where there is the big hole in the inner back panel), powered it wih a couple of thermo fans
and shrouded it so that the air escaped out the bottom/back (so that air coming from under the car into the engine bay didnt interfere with flow) you
could get a prety effective stealth cooling system?
has anyone tred anything like this before?
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| posted on May 7th, 2005 at 05:22 PM |
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Sounds good in theory but I wonder if you would get enough airflow to keep a radiator cool.
The front of a notch lends itself more to having a radiator mounted in the front as it looks more like a normal sedan.
But theres always the problem of getting the water from the front to the back.
Give it a go someone has always gotta be the first.
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| posted on May 7th, 2005 at 05:45 PM |
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I was thinking maybe the air would just run straight over at the rear.
Might have to have a scoop on the rear engine lid to catch the air.
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Dave
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| posted on May 7th, 2005 at 07:55 PM |
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idea
Why not try this idea?
Gleened this from The Samba.
Mount the element downhill, suspended under the bootlid?
Reduces the flexi-hoses and general plumbing....
Ain't been there, ain't done that.......yet :P
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| posted on May 7th, 2005 at 07:57 PM |
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Ain't been there, ain't done that.......yet :P
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| posted on May 7th, 2005 at 07:59 PM |
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You could always run one each side...slightly smaller more compact with one thermo fan behind each. I am sure 996 porsches run one each side at the
front.
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| posted on May 7th, 2005 at 08:08 PM |
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notchbacktastic, i was thinking more like this renault, with air coming from that bit of plastic that comes from the inner rear panel. would love to
try it out myself but dad wouldnt let me hack his notch
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| posted on May 7th, 2005 at 08:11 PM |
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liek your idea boof, i think one of the other guys did that with a bay kombi and worked real well for him.
i recon it hasto be stealth in a t3, dont like the idea of hacking the front of one unnecessarily.
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| posted on May 7th, 2005 at 08:41 PM |
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You mean more like a Type 34?
k.
Maybe something like this is the go, one day i'll try this method and tell you how it went.
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Ain't been there, ain't done that.......yet :P
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| posted on May 7th, 2005 at 08:42 PM |
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Type34 design....
there ya go...
Ain't been there, ain't done that.......yet :P
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| posted on May 7th, 2005 at 08:44 PM |
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Ain't been there, ain't done that.......yet :P
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| posted on May 7th, 2005 at 08:50 PM |
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| posted on May 7th, 2005 at 09:55 PM |
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A mate of mine has a notch. afew guys have warned him to be careful of it overheating coz the stock fins don't get enough air flow. I reckon the
fins in the guards ala square/fasty is the go. Or, put two rads next to the gearbox and duct from under the car. Baja wes has done this to good
effect.
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| posted on May 7th, 2005 at 09:59 PM |
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Just put it in the front....
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| posted on May 8th, 2005 at 05:47 PM |
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What Matt said.
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| posted on May 9th, 2005 at 03:18 PM |
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there is a guy who did that with a rotary conversion in a type 3, didnt work that great, and he ended up putting it in the front. i dont know why
people dont like putting the radiator up front. its not that hard, and you can make it look stealthy pretty easily. |
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| posted on May 9th, 2005 at 03:43 PM |
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Theres a bloke up her in Bris with a leyland V8 in his bay, and he has 2 rads mounted in the sides, had a lot of trouble keeping it cool initially!
Theres also heaps more room in the bay! I think its achievable with some hacking and chopping but you dont have much width to play with!?
I dont like the idea of clutering up the rear boot with a rad, and the heat retention would be a worry!!
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| posted on May 9th, 2005 at 07:16 PM |
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hmm, would be soo neat if it could be pulled off (absolutely stock looking except the engine bay)
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