decklid standoffs

[DrKeck]

Thanks Glenn good point!
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1966 Beetle
1600cc 50bhp
Daily Driver

[Cusser]

[Nevada Notch]

I would like to see someone make and offer for sale, the deck lid standoff's that are adjustable either in or out with the quick pull of a pin.

Here is the post for the standoff's I'm talking about. Just scroll down about 1/2 of the post to see the stand offs.... Islandman made these and I have to say they are pretty cool!

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=285113

I would purchase a set if they were available.
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1966 Euro
1600DP
Dual 34mm ICT's
99% Resto-Custom Daily Driver

[DrKeck]

[Ruckess]

[spanky324]

TRY A TENNIS BALL!

[Cusser]

[kbman]

Several people who responded to this post stated that VW put louvers on the deck lid when they put the dog house oil cooler in. It is true that all engines that came with dog house oil coolers from VW did have louvers on the deck lids, but louvers were installed on the deck lids a year or two ahead of the dog houses. VW found that it was necessary to get more air into the engine compartment when they increased engine displacement from 1500cc to 1600cc in the model year 1970 with the single port B case. There are a lot of pre 1970 bugs running 1600 or larger engines that need to get more air into the engine bay in order to run right for both cooling and combustion. It's easy to fix the problem on the fat chic's. Deck lids from 70ties bugs bolt right up to to 68 and 69 bugs. On 67 on back you don't have that option. Stand offs or propping open the deck are by far your cheapest option. I use the stand off's in the summer because I need the extra cooling they provide. I live in a mountain community and when coming home in the afternoon it's in the 90ies or low 100s at the bottom and with over a 5000 foot elevation gain in less 30 minutes my oil temps were pushing 140 degrees and I would have pull over for 30 minutes for a cool down. I was already running doghouse and correctly fitted tin. When I went to the stand offs the problem was salved oil temps stay under 130 even when the it 113 degrees at the bottom. But is a problem that I do have with stand offs Dirt ,leaves, rain, and snow end up in the engine bay. I found out the hard way that in the winter need to take stand off out in the winter. It's very dry here in the summer but it's very wet in the winter. After a hard rain of over an inch the float bowls in my Webers filled with water.

[kbman]

Opp's I was having a senior moment. I used to pull the car over for a cool down when the oil temp hit 240 degrees not 140 degrees.

[Gipeto]

Wow, read 5 pages on this thread out of curiosity. I've been questioning the whole engineering aspect of the air intake and cooling. I didn't fully understand how, if the air for cooling is being drawn from behind the shroud (in front) and was vapor locking, so to speak, the engine compartment do to it's inability to draw enough air, where is the air cleaner drawing its air from? I have a 67, running a 71-1600 and have no vents in the deck lid. Yet mine seems to run pretty well. Maybe just the fact I live in Vt and only run this in summer? Max temps usually 75-90 f. I don't know. It's just something that's sat in the back of my mind. Seems like whatever combustion air is drawn in would tend to be rather warm. I have a 68 air cleaner with 2 air snouts on it and they both tend to point down. I'll take any thoughts on this. Not as to what to do about it, that's been covered pretty well here.

[bill may]

i have seen a dish washing glove used to cover distributor by putting holes in finger tips for plug wires and center coil wire. 4 fingers and a thumb.