RE: Badger 5 t-bodies

["Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@home.com>]

Excellent news! Please keep us posted. I am getting close to purchasing my
engine management system and that means that the t-bodies are next. :^)
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Scott F. Williams
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lauri Pettai [mailto:lauri.pettai@netexpress.ee]
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 3:44 AM
> To: Scott F. Williams
> Cc: Scirocco List
> Subject: RE: Badger 5 t-bodies
>
>
> Hi
>
> Just played around with my setup yesterday and I found out, that if
> I tilt the radiator backwards and install the front of the radiator
> against the front of the car, then it should be possible to tilt it
> backwards enough to get the needed space between the radiator and
> "landing panel" that I can mount cool air intake to there.
>
> If I'll find suitable water hose then I'll try it and see if it works
> as I thought it should work and see if I don't run into cooling
> problemas as the radiator has a bit poor position then.
>
> 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!
>
>
> > Well, my first question is, what is the "landing panel"? Is
> that what the
> > hood latches into? Secondly, isn't there only a slit of space in between
> > this panel and the hood istelf? I must be missing something here...
> >
> > Actually, here's an idea. Rather than installing a shorter radiator, how
> > about just tilting the existing radiator forward a few degrees?
> Maybe if you
> > custom mounted the bottom a few inches back and tilted the
> whole apparatus
> > forward you could get an inch or more space on the top?
>


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