cooling ?

das boot · Post by **das boot** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 5:17 am

why not leave stock type 4 cooling system when put into a type 1? To big?
to ugly?

aircooledtechguy · Post by **aircooledtechguy** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:29 pm

Welcome to STF!! Yes and yes. Severe cutting of the sheet metal, apron and deck lid must be done in order for it to fit. Then it just looks horrible . . .

das boot · Post by **das boot** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:51 pm

thanks for the help. On the fence with new engine Type 1 or go for the big block .No replacement for displacement

Post by **Piledriver** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:07 pm

Search for "Frallan".

His avatar (and a full size photo in a thread somehwere, perhaps he has a website?) shows a blue bug with pancake cooling intact, and full bodywork..

It looks good, and likely works great knowing Frallan, but is also doesn't look very stock from the outside.

A Cali conversion (Nextgen here) works well on a not wild/huge engine, and can be done on the cheap.
You exchange work for $$$ vs a DTM or ready-made Cali conversion setup.
...Really just the fiberglass end bits and alt stand + crank pulley,

Jake Rabys DTM stand & pulley take care of 90% of the job.
(The stand may need modded, as no 2 Cali setups are alike)

I keep threatening to start popping glass Cali "tins" out and selling them cheap... Someone should, the "tins" are very simple parts, and suited to a very simple mold.

There are also other setups like the horizontal fan arrangements, either L.A.R.D. (LAPerformance) or something like the Corvair fanned setups I and others have hacked up. (Mine's now "done" and needs a spare engine)

blitzvw · Post by **blitzvw** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:55 am

There is also the IMPI shroud from South Africa

jinx · Post by **jinx** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 2:00 pm

blitzvw wrote:There is also the IMPI shroud from South Africa

any links?

blitzvw · Post by **blitzvw** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:56 am

jinx wrote:
blitzvw wrote:There is also the IMPI shroud from South Africa
any links?

Check it out:

http://www.aircooledvwsa.co.za/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=30

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM3C_Q9j_MY

Say hello to us on AircooledVWSA. You can also reach IMPI there and ask him about the shroud

jinx · Post by **jinx** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:03 am

swee!t thats a version of the 'cai conversion i was going to do, blowing across to the stock oil cooler position
i take it it works ok then!

66looker · Post by **66looker** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:18 am

oh yes thats my engine on there it definetely works, impi is da man!!!!!!

blitzvw · Post by **blitzvw** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:45 am

66looker wrote: oh yes thats my engine on there it definetely works, impi is da man!!!!!!

Hey dude,

Post more pics of the IMPI shroud on your motor - There are lots of folks here who are keen to see what the IMPI is all about.

Is this a 2,3?

MRRAGPICKER · Post by **MRRAGPICKER** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 7:39 am

I'd like to see more pictures of how they go about mounting the alternator.

dstar · Post by **dstar** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:34 am

MRRAGPICKER wrote:I'd like to see more pictures of how they go about mounting the alternator.

SIMPLE! on THAT motor, a CJ or CU closed breather model, it looks like they took a piece of 1.5inch U-bend tubing, drilleded a hole for the breather pipe to fit through, then strapped everything down to the middle case bolt with a T1 alt strap.

Look closely, no dizzy......

Don

blitzvw · Post by **blitzvw** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:58 pm

No, there is a dissy.

Watch the video and you will see it

tmatre · Post by **tmatre** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:22 am

I found a few more pictures of this generator stand on Photobucket..
But none of them show the generator stand in detail.
Do anyone know about other pictures of this?
This stand can be used on CU cases for both DTM and Cali conversions!

This is a bit to dark