Re: (crazy engine)

[VWN8@aol.com]

In a message dated 5/26/99 22:17:31, SailingFC@aol.com writes:

<<If you notice the "overflow" tank has a VW pressure cap on it.  The tank is 
pressurized and really is part of the whole cooling system as opposed to just 
an overflow.  Because it's pressurized, you can basically plumb it to 
anywhere on the engine.

The hose going to the base of the carb is for hot coolant to heat the 
manifold, this gives better fuel distribution by vaporizing(hot) the fuel 
better as it goes into the engine.  Quite common(ever split open a carburated 
Detroit motor).

That really is a small radiator.  I don't think it's a 1.1 liter engine 
though.  The 1.1 had a cross flow head with the exhaust coming out the front 
of the head.  It also had a cam driven distributor sticking out of the end of 
the head(like a 16V).  Also the 1.1 was more upright, almost forward leaning, 
in the engine bay.

I think the black box is a washer fluid reservoir.  The early models had an 8 
liter(2+ gallons) reservoir. It was huge because some models came with 
headlight washers too.

What I think is this guy(gal) transplanted a 1.5+ liter engine into a rocco 
that had a 1.1 in it.  He(she) left the radiator from the 1.1.

That's what I know.  :-)

-Dick-
78 Scirocco
Original Owner
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What engine are you talking about? Is there a URL where I can see it?

Nate

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