[T3] Tight Engine

[Keith Park]

This may be a better idea than sucking it thru the tiny T4 one, but then
again, thats what they did...

keith


Topnotch Restorations
topnotch at nycap.rr.com
http://www.topnotchresto.com
71 Squareback  "Hothe"
65 Notchback  "El Baja Rojo"
93 RX7  "Redstur"
95 Chrysler Cirrus Lxi "Cirfogsalot"
"hanging out at the tail end of the bell
curve, and loving every minute of it!" 

-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
On Behalf Of William Jahn
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2018 10:08 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Tight Engine

Here's a link to one T-4 in a 73 Square shows the fan tin adapter .
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=793375

On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 6:20 PM, Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:

> Id definitely have to change my shorts at 138 in one of these cars!
> If only Bonneville didnt have all that SALT...  :-0
>
> Keith
>
>
> Topnotch Restorations
> topnotch at nycap.rr.com
> http://www.topnotchresto.com
> 71 Squareback  "Hothe"
> 65 Notchback  "El Baja Rojo"
> 93 RX7  "Redstur"
> 95 Chrysler Cirrus Lxi "Cirfogsalot"
> "hanging out at the tail end of the bell
> curve, and loving every minute of it!"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-
> bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
> On Behalf Of Bobnotch
> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2018 4:50 PM
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Tight Engine
>
> We haven't had any issues with Rob's engine. Remember, these engines are
> used
> to pulling warm air from around the engine bay in a bus. On a 411/412
> Wagon,
> they
> use a cooling boot that is actually smaller than a type 3 boot. We used 1
> of
> those
> on Rob's. It was NLA back when I got it in the early 2000's.
> Russ always kept harping that the T-3 fan was the largest cooling fan ever
> used on
> an air cooled engine. And after seeing a T-4 fan, I can definitely believe
> it. It's smaller
> in diameter, but twice as wide as a T-3 fan. But, there are several T-4
> powered t-3's
> on the Samba, and most have carbs, with Nate running MS 3. He's also
> running
> a large engine, and is playing with it on SOLO circuits, along with his
son
> taking it up to
> 138mph at Bonneville last year.
> Bob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org>
> To: type3 <type3 at vwtype3.org>
> Sent: Wed, Aug 1, 2018 3:43 pm
> Subject: Re: [T3] Tight Engine
>
>
> On 1 Aug 2018 at 11:07, William Jahn wrote:
>
> > isn't it sort of a risk to pull the spark plugs when hot ? My guess is
> > Jim suggested doing so with it cold , yet as I said I have no idea what
> > the heads are made of .
>
> Yes, I would worry about that, but I think you could get away with it if
> you
> removed the plugs first and coated them with a good antiseize then warmed
> up the engine and removed them again. That's a lot of work to go thru, but
> less work than tearing down the engine with no idea of what you're looking
> for.
>
> > I just wonder how the engine gets it's cool air through the fan since
> > it's in a T-3 body .
>
> Yes, that's a problem, but I'm willing to believe that Keith has done this
> effectively. Another question might be whether the air passages in the
Type
> 3 body can carry enough air to cool a Type 4 engine. What we know is that
> other people have done this and gotten away with it. At least that's the
> story
> they're sticking with.
>
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