For the life of me!

LeninCas · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 12:53 pm Post subject: For the life of me!

I want to use this center mount fan shroud in my bug on a 1600 motor with dual baby webers. I cannot imagine the fan going behind the shroud as suggested by the way the generator mounts to the shroud. Also, how am I supposed to cover up the space between the generator and shroud?

I've never seen another shroud like this, I believe it's from the late 80's ( before I was born).

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JSmith · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 1:03 pm Post subject:

You may want to start by mounting the alternator on the other side and putting the fan inside the shroud... Then later ask why your motor is running so hot.. :roll:

Sorry for the sarcasm...

mark tucker · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 1:12 pm Post subject:

ditto. execpt for the why is it running hot, it may or may not.

LeninCas · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 1:40 pm Post subject:

Oh God.

I don't even know what to say! That NEVER occurred to me.
Thank you SO much. The sarcasm was great, I really deserved it.
I maybe should've put a little more thinking into it.

Your comment has me literally LOL.

Thanks for your comments guys. Appreciate the help.
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Glenn · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 1:41 pm Post subject:

Do you smell that?

It smells like cooked engine.
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LeninCas · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 1:44 pm Post subject:

I don't think it will run hotter since I will have to use an external oil cooler. We will see though.
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fivelugshortaxle · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 1:59 pm Post subject:

Brian71 · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:26 pm Post subject:

Does the shroud have any directional vanes in it?

LeninCas · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:27 pm Post subject:

I will look for that post in the forums thanks! I'd really like to use it, but only if I can get it to work well. I see in a post by Glenn that it doesn't cool well, since it doesn't have cooling vanes inside, which makes sense. Maybe I can figure out a way to make it cool properly.

@fivelugshortaxle I got the heads yesterday man! I love them, thanks so much again!
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LeninCas · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:39 pm Post subject:

[quote="modok"]

fivelugshortaxle · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:39 pm Post subject:

fivelugshortaxle · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:41 pm Post subject:

LeninCas · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:59 pm Post subject:

modok · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 4:52 pm Post subject:

The center mount fans were for show, not go.
Not only do they not work very well, they will crack too.

Best to leave it alone. They are beautifully made, but poorly designed!

LivinInnaVWBus · Samba Member Joined: October 07, 2013 Posts: 968

Uh oh... not one of those.

Though no one can really be certain, I'd sell my first born if you could make that shroud cool as well as a stock shroud - no matter the mods you do to it.

Also, an external oil cooler does nothing to cool your heads.

You may be underestimating the cooling abilities of a stock fan shroud... take this into consideration. If you run a pair of these drag race fans ( http://www.piersideparts.net/CB2813.html which are dedicated strictly to cooling your heads) on the street, you'll cook your engine in a few miles.

I chuckled at the careful wording CIP1 uses... "Designed to provide equal airflow for uniform and increased cooling. Better cooling means more useable horsepower."
http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=C12-4521

A perfect example of just because it's designed to do something, doesn't mean it works.

LivinInnaVWBus · Samba Member Joined: October 07, 2013 Posts: 968

[email protected] · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 4:36 pm Post subject:

slant shrouds absolutely do NOT cool evenly. Why do you think the VW factory offset the fan on the stock engine, or were they stupidz?
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64 ragtop volks · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 5:24 pm Post subject:

i ran a old cast feuling center mount set up with a 72 plate cooler, in my ratty 13window bus. drove it from texas to lake havasu, and another trip from texas to daytona beach, and alot of trips to the texas coast. i dont run guages but i grab the dipstick at every fill up and never got it too hot. its a 1600 with 110 cam and cb o44 heads and dual kads pushing a loaded down bus with several hundred pounds of camping gear and big ass rottweiler.

SBD · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 8:25 pm Post subject:

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