If your case is small-passage (all pre-B6 singleport cases were) it'll also be single-relief - not the best for a doghouse cooler since it lacks the better cooler overpressurization feature of the dual-relief case, but you can still convert to doghouse if you want - just don't rap the engine out when it's cold, especially if you're running high-viscosity oil. Singleport cases have 6mm holes in the cooler mounting "ears", those'll have to be drilled out to 8mm to fit the doghouse adapter. The short singleport 6mm cooler stud will need to be replaced with a longer one - better to drill & tap the case for a proper 8mm stud. Most importantly, to put a doghouse cooler adapter (or even a 111 117 021E large-passage SP cooler) on a small-passage case you'll need a pair of conversion seals - the only way I know to get them is in a 111 198 029 kit...it'll contain two seals and three washers - you won't need the washers for this application, they're for putting a small-passage 111 117 021 cooler on a large-passage case. Besides the doghouse fan shroud, you'll need the two pieces of exhaust ductwork and the front tin with a window in it (or you can cut one in your existing tin), the "Hoover bit" which seals off the bottom of the cooler AND the wider cooling fan for full effect.
My personal opinion is that for a stock/near-stock 1300, 1500 or 1600 SP there's not enough benefit to warrant the conversion (assuming all of the engine compartment seals are intact, of course)...but the climate's pretty mild where I live, it'd probably be worthwhile in the hotlands. --- William Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You will also need the doghouse shroud, assorted > tin, and a later cooler > to go along with the adapter. > > Bill > > asad ishaque wrote: > > Guys, > > > > > > I was just going thru the Chirco parts website > and noticed something. They say you can swap a > nondoghouse setup to a doghouse setup by using the > adapter from later engines. > > > > Heres a link: > > > > > http://www.chircoestore.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=36_571&products_id=4303 > > > > This thing was going thru my mind lately as I > had seen a doghouse engine without the shroud at the > junkyard. If this is possible then I think all Id > need to locate would be an adapter, a nice oil > cooler (new ones not available here unfortunately so > Id hafta rely on my junkyard hunt skills) and a > doghouse style fanshroud. Is that it??? > > > > Im amazed that if this is true then why is this > not advocated during rebuilds?? Gain is also > significant as number 3 cylinder would be safer from > heatup compared to the earlier style setup. > > > > Ill just add in this post that the Chirco > website has a very comprehensive and detailed > account of an engine rebuild. > > > > > > > http://www.chircoestore.com/catalog/article_info.php?articles_id=53&phpMyAdmin=YTPm0DRoHY8NltGLzO4MoKYyvH0 > > > > One thing I expected more from this article was > details o setting the rocker geometry which it > conviniently skips. > > > > > > Best wishes and regards to all, > > > > Asad > > Karachi, Pakistan. > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Share life as it happens with the new Windows > Live. > > > http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008 > > _______________________________________________ > > vintagvw site list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
