[T3] Old Type IIIs (cooling)

[James Lingenfelter]

  My '68 has louver "inserts" attached with screws to the fender,  
with a rubber seal around them. I was told by somebody long ago that  
these were offered by VW as some sort of "kit" after they changed the  
direction of the louvers, supposedly to improve cooling. Anybody know  
if there's any truth to that, or was this person smoking a Berg Pipe?

On Feb 23, 2011, at 7:24 PM, Daniel K. Du Vall wrote:

> Jim,
> Could the air flow be one reason that VW changed the direction of the
> intake lovers on the sides from the early to late models?
>
> Daniel Du Vall
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> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim
> Adney
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 7:56 PM
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Old Type IIIs (cooling)
>
> On 23 Feb 2011 at 21:27, Keith Park wrote:
>
>> Well, after exhaustive attempts to cure my oil cooling problems with
> the T4
>> engine that was the final conclusion.  Jake had run into the same
> problem
>> once before in a Thing, and when the air intake was modified to
> pressurize
>> it the problem went away.  I cant or am not willing to cut up my
> intake so
>> Im stuck with not having a forced air intake.  I believe that the 2
> stage
>> fan is a critical part to our cooling system with the intake we have.
> This
>> is not the case with the T4 or even the Notch.
>
> It occurred to me that the problem with the Type 3 cooling air system
> (if there IS a problem) may be the length and size (conductance) of
> the cooling air intake channels. They may just be too small (too much
> pressure drop) for a much larger engine. The pressure drop would
> actually be fairly easy to measure. Might be interesting, and then it
> could be compared to a beetle and a Type 4.
>
>
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