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| Mueller |
 Dec 5 2014, 01:05 PM
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914 Freak!  Group: Members Posts: 17,150 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None 
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I know this had been tried 7+ years ago, I was wondering if since then has anyone done a watercooled conversion and not put the radiator in the front trunk?
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| 914werke |
Jan 19 2015, 09:44 AM
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"I got blisters on me fingers" Group: Members Posts: 11,097 Joined: 22-March 03 From: USofA Member No.: 453 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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Scott Thacher was the guy who showed up in WCR 05 with his "In Bay" NA scooby conversion. He drove it from MD to SoCal and back!
#'s dont always tell you if it will WORK. Thread |
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| rick 918-S |
Jun 26 2015, 03:25 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,879 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region 
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QUOTE(rdauenhauer @ Jan 19 2015, 10:44 AM)  Scott Thacher was the guy who showed up in WCR 05 with his "In Bay" NA scooby conversion. He drove it from MD to SoCal and back! #'s dont always tell you if it will WORK. Thread (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Traveled with him. The car was completely back yard engineered before Renagade even thought about it. Stock Suby radiator just ahead of the engine. Small scoop on the pan pulling air off the road. We were stuck in construction at way over 100 deg. I had to shut my engine off. He was driving around us through the ditches.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/screwy.gif) It will work. |
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| Andyrew |
Jun 26 2015, 06:25 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,377 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California
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QUOTE(rick 918-S @ Jun 26 2015, 02:25 PM) QUOTE(rdauenhauer @ Jan 19 2015, 10:44 AM) Scott Thacher was the guy who showed up in WCR 05 with his "In Bay" NA scooby conversion. He drove it from MD to SoCal and back! #'s dont always tell you if it will WORK. Thread (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Traveled with him. The car was completely back yard engineered before Renagade even thought about it. Stock Suby radiator just ahead of the engine. Small scoop on the pan pulling air off the road. We were stuck in construction at way over 100 deg. I had to shut my engine off. He was driving around us through the ditches.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/screwy.gif) It will work. Its all about proper shrouding and airflow IMHO I think engines under 200hp can support something like that. I have been considering the aluminum tubes for a while but I really dont think we would see more than a 5 degree heat loss and only while moving. If your sitting on hot asphalt rolling slowly and the asphalt is 130 deg....your really not going to get any benefit.... You can probably get more benefit from having small inline motorcycle radiators in the fender wells with some fans that kick on. I am going to have one for my a/w intercooler (similar to Miked but without direct airflow)but I have more fender space than most anyone. The other thing I think is electric water pumps to flow more coolant at low speeds, Like the Daves one I posted earlier (cant search now) |
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Mueller Any successful radiator in engine compartment conversions? Dec 5 2014, 01:05 PM
76-914 Robert (rotary914) has. However, there is lots of ... Dec 5 2014, 02:40 PM shoguneagle Master Mueller's "engineering mind" ... Dec 5 2014, 02:57 PM
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Master Mueller's "engineering mind... Dec 5 2014, 03:03 PM effutuo101 My 2.5 suby turbo goes up to get the final bracket... Dec 5 2014, 03:21 PM d914 jeep cherokee rad is like 10 x 36 and they make al... Dec 5 2014, 04:42 PM GeorgeRud I always thought that using two small radiators in... Dec 5 2014, 04:54 PM mepstein I would love for the radiator to work in the engin... Dec 5 2014, 07:45 PM bulitt
I would love for the radiator to work in the engi... Dec 9 2014, 02:28 AM mepstein
I would love for the radiator to work in the eng... Dec 9 2014, 05:32 AM Chris914n6 ^^ Countach and Diablo.
GT engine lid and some sc... Dec 5 2014, 08:00 PM DBCooper Uh huh, that's the theory.... Dec 5 2014, 09:29 PM effutuo101 So, running an air cooled big 6 gets enough air. W... Dec 5 2014, 09:34 PM Mueller
So, running an air cooled big 6 gets enough air. ... Dec 5 2014, 09:49 PM SirAndy So, running an air cooled big 6 gets enough air. W... Dec 6 2014, 11:36 PM 904svo
[quote name='Mueller' post='2118709' date='Dec 5 ... Dec 7 2014, 09:57 PM SirAndy Here is my rear mounted radiator in my 904 kit car... Dec 7 2014, 10:04 PM 904svo
Here is my rear mounted radiator in my 904 kit ca... Dec 7 2014, 10:16 PM Brian Mifsud
[quote name='Mueller' post='2118709' date='Dec 5 ... Jun 26 2015, 12:23 PM Mueller
Adding to this.. the 911 engine uses Mechanical... Jun 26 2015, 04:37 PM Brian Mifsud
hmmm, maybe we are looking at this the wrong wa... Jun 29 2015, 10:49 AM SirAndy Years ago, at an autocross, I had to laugh at the... Jun 29 2015, 09:14 PM Brian Mifsud
Years ago, at an autocross, I had to laugh at th... Jun 30 2015, 10:42 AM Dave_Darling ...taking furnace ducting, and running it straight... Jun 30 2015, 09:02 AM SirAndy water is a more efficient medium than air so
And ... Dec 6 2014, 11:41 PM worn
water is a more efficient medium than air so
And... Jun 26 2015, 07:11 PM Dave_Darling It's also been done with an N/A Scooby motor. ... Dec 5 2014, 09:41 PM thelogo I always though a rear spoiler with a radiator en... Dec 5 2014, 10:39 PM r_towle Mike, don't do it.
Keep it aircooled and drive... Dec 5 2014, 10:46 PM veekry9 https://www.google.ca/search?q=f1+chassis&a...f-e%... Dec 6 2014, 02:35 AM veekry9
The fan is a centrifugal pump, just like any cent... Dec 6 2014, 03:10 AM mgp4591 Interesting side rad setup... would you have that ... Dec 6 2014, 03:16 AM veekry9
Step to the left.
Step to the right. Dec 6 2014, 04:33 AM veekry9
Not the first. Dec 6 2014, 07:24 AM mepstein it's easy to cool when the car is moving. It... Dec 6 2014, 07:46 AM DBCooper Yup, lots of theory to go around, but to answer th... Dec 6 2014, 07:47 AM veekry9 http://www.performanceforums.com/forums/sh...he-po... Dec 6 2014, 08:25 AM 76-914 I love to watch this subject resurface. A lot of a... Dec 6 2014, 10:04 AM veekry9 "RSK must be Peter Harburg's, because the... Dec 6 2014, 11:48 AM messix the advantage of front mount is that once the car ... Dec 6 2014, 12:35 PM veekry9 If you planning to race it exclusively,a rad mount... Dec 6 2014, 11:24 PM thelogo Where do water cooled 911 s mount the radiator
C... Dec 7 2014, 07:07 PM Chris914n6 ^^ most newer mid engine cars do the corner rads a... Dec 7 2014, 08:27 PM veekry9 http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum3/HTML/000116-29.ht... Dec 7 2014, 09:03 PM mgp4591 There's alot of room for the radiator out in b... Dec 7 2014, 10:13 PM JRust My NA 2.5 subaru leaves a bunch of room in the tru... Dec 7 2014, 10:19 PM Andyrew I think it has all to do with the size of the moto... Dec 8 2014, 09:22 AM thelogo How about Targa top mount
As crazy as it sounds ... Dec 8 2014, 11:32 AM veekry9
There's alot of room for the radiator out in ... Dec 8 2014, 12:27 PM Chris914n6 I crunched some numbers.
Based on a few sedans I ... Dec 8 2014, 12:33 PM fiid It seems doable to do radiators in the engine bay,... Dec 8 2014, 12:34 PM McMark Maybe a centrifugal fan on the crank wheel that bl... Dec 8 2014, 12:53 PM SirAndy Logically, if a 3.6 can work, you should be able t... Dec 8 2014, 01:38 PM sixnotfour :D Dec 8 2014, 02:12 PM DBCooper The question was whether a radiator had been succe... Dec 8 2014, 03:21 PM 76-914 Paul makes a good point re: heat sink. I watched i... Dec 8 2014, 08:13 PM Andyrew You know what would be an interesting fail safe, I... Dec 8 2014, 10:50 PM RobW You could mount an oil cooler right behind the 914... Dec 9 2014, 12:03 AM veekry9
You know what would be an interesting fail safe, ... Dec 9 2014, 01:06 AM timothy_nd28 Laying a radiator flat in the front trunk?
Jan 19 2015, 01:28 AM Mueller
Laying a radiator flat in the front trunk?
Go... Jan 19 2015, 04:45 PM Mike Bellis I had a radiator built to lay flat in the front tr... Jan 19 2015, 09:27 AM Andyrew
I had a radiator built to lay flat in the front t... Jan 19 2015, 09:57 AM DBCooper Cool, this thread came back. In the meantime I ra... Jan 19 2015, 10:05 AM DBCooper Unfortunately a lot of rear-mount cooling projects... Jan 19 2015, 10:58 AM 3d914 OK, here's mine. Not done, but in process. I h... Jan 19 2015, 01:59 PM Mueller Crazy idea time.....
Still have "something... Jan 19 2015, 04:57 PM DBCooper I've seen finned aluminum tubing a bit like th... Jan 19 2015, 06:56 PM Dave_Darling Talk to Chuck at Elephant Racing in SJ. They do m... Jan 19 2015, 07:10 PM timothy_nd28 Trane has been using this for decades, highly high... Jan 19 2015, 07:55 PM Mueller
Trane has been using this for decades, highly hig... Jan 19 2015, 08:03 PM Mueller New Lamborghini Huracan has rear mounted radiators... Jun 26 2015, 10:45 AM Chris H. Yes, always pull air, never push (Mike Bellis).
... Jun 26 2015, 05:22 PM 914forme Motorcycle Rads I have thought about several times... Jun 26 2015, 07:50 PM Chris914n6 Looking at racing rads for toyota celica/mr2/spyde... Jun 29 2015, 02:39 PM Andyrew You talking about these puppies?
http://www.ebay.... Jun 29 2015, 08:51 PM Chris H.
You talking about these puppies?
http://www.ebay... Jun 29 2015, 11:40 PM Chris914n6
You talking about these puppies?
http://www.ebay... Jun 30 2015, 02:15 PM Bill D For the TD I was able to fit the radiator next to ... Jun 30 2015, 06:36 PM Mike Bellis
For the TD I was able to fit the radiator next to... Jun 30 2015, 07:24 PM Bill D
My project is no where near as ambitious as your... Jul 1 2015, 05:57 AM Andyrew Impressive that you were able to make that work... Jun 30 2015, 09:42 PM matthepcat I like it.
As I understand it the diesel runs coo... Jul 1 2015, 09:43 AM Bill D
I like it.
As I understand it the diesel runs co... Jul 1 2015, 12:01 PM flmont Iam considering a 4.3 ltr chevy v6 system,.with a... Jul 7 2015, 07:13 PM Mueller Not a 914, but I think close enough, went to small... Feb 5 2017, 04:13 PM Mueller I think what might help for any of these type swap... Feb 5 2017, 04:16 PM mepstein Why don't you do it and report back. You don... Feb 5 2017, 06:27 PM sotaro
Why don't you do it and report back. You don... Feb 27 2017, 09:21 PM Rand Aren't there examples of mid-engined sports/su... Feb 27 2017, 10:03 PM mepstein Are the radiators in boxters in the front? Feb 28 2017, 06:27 AM Andyrew Yes. Boxsters have two small ones and boxster S... Feb 28 2017, 07:05 AM mepstein
Yes. Boxsters have two small ones and boxster S... Feb 28 2017, 07:49 AM Andyrew
Yes. Boxsters have two small ones and boxster S... Feb 28 2017, 09:17 AM 914forme Positive pressure is king to cooling.
And there i... Feb 28 2017, 09:03 AM Mueller Twin side mounted radiators, good enough for a big... Feb 28 2017, 04:54 PM mepstein
Twin side mounted radiators, good enough for a bi... Feb 28 2017, 07:04 PM |
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