RE: Badger 5 t-bodies

[Cheapass Ron <rapieper@yahoo.com>]

Has anyone investigated obtaining cold intake air from the fresh air
area (by the firewall)?  The intake from the airbox would be ducted
back to the "tray", a port would be added easily enough, water drainage
is already done...if one would want to add some external ducting, it
could be in the form of a little scoop over the existing vents in the
hood...

Worth considering?

Ron
--- Lauri Pettai <lauri.pettai@netexpress.ee> wrote:
> I've been wondering, is there a possibility to rebuild the
> front end of the Scirocco so that you can unscrew it if you
> like? Like you can do it with golfs. Then I'd do it so that
> I'd put the radiator a bit lower to make the room for the
> cool air intake. Lot of custom building, but it might be
> worth it?
> 
> Hood scoop thingie is not going to work as the place where
> you'd have to put the scoop has actually vacuum in there.
> So no air is going to go in from there. Only out.
> 
> Lauri!
> '84 2.0 16v Scirocco GTX Kamei X1 Bodykit (VIN025736)
> http://www.eabc.edu.ee/~laurts/scirocco
> I finally added something new to my site!
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Scott F.
> Williams
> > Sent: 04. september 2001. a. 22:54
> > To: Lauri Pettai
> > Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: RE: Badger 5 t-bodies
> > 
> > 
> > As some may know, I have considered and researched these throttle
> bodies for
> > my own car. I absolutely do not want install a scoop in my hood.
> So, I'm
> > looking into costs for a custom-built rad that is shorter and wider
> -thus
> > allowing cool air to flow in through the grill. Or, perhaps there
> is a stock
> > fitment for another car that'll do the trick. I'll follow up with
> some
> > details later.
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of T Berk
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 4:29 PM
> > > To: Lauri Pettai
> > > Cc: Victor Farren; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > Subject: Re: Badger 5 t-bodies
> > >
> > >
> > > Lauri Pettai wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Ok the manufacturer of the TB's went the easy way and drilled a
> > > hole to the
> > > > 4th runner and tapped the vacuum line there and that's it. I'm
> > > a bit afraid
> > > > to do
> > > > this as it would make the cyl's to work uneqally and on racing
> > > conditions
> > > > with lot of sudden and strong breaking etc. it could melt your
> > > pistons. :(
> > > > I already worr about my engine as two cylinders get the hot air
> > > trough the
> > > > radiator and two cylinders get the cool air directly from
> > > grill. And already
> > > > that's
> > > > not good. So lots of work to do still. I'm wondering is there
> > > any radiators
> > > > that
> > > > are long and not very high so that I could use the upper part
> > > of the grill
> > > > to
> > > > feed cool air to throttlebodies and lower to cool the water?
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The 1st thing I thought was a hood scoop to feed cool outside
> air. Put a
> > > screen across it to keep large chunks out and away you go.
> > >
> > > Looks cool with those trumpets on there; one of the things I
> don't like
> > > about the cross flow motors is the intake runners across the top
> of the
> > > head. Makes later model engines too tall for Sciroccos.
> > >
> > > TBerk
> > >
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=====
Ron (Cheapass)
'87 16V, ("Victor"), '93 Cabby ("Teufelhasen")
ICQ 108845455

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-F. Gump

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