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Very interesting project for those of us with six conversions who haven't found existing paths compelling.
Porsche learned a lot about heat exchangers from 2.0 > 3.2 liters, and again in the 964/993 era. Bruce Anderson told me they inspected SSI HEs and tossed those on the pile marked "not invented here," but the later factory HEs learned from the same rust-driven inputs SSI did. I'm curious about whether these improve or decrease access for valve adjustments vs headers and Dansk's mild steel HEs, also curious about thoughts on flow for engines smaller than 3.6 liters. Asking for a friend with a warm 2.2 making ~200 hp at the flywheel with an SC-ish torque curve courtesy of a little head work and Solex cams. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) There's probably a bigger market for 3.2-3.8, engines that aren't well served by Dansk's offerings so far as I know? Also curious about impacts, if any, or deleting one side's HE as I don't need a lot of heat—just enough to keep toes warm on yesterday's top-off fun run through crisp cold, and perhaps a windshield clear on longer journeys with the roof on. In example, would deleting the driver's side "box" (to offset the weight of the oil tank and driver, albeit minorly) create unbalanced engine cooling? It's a given that the carbs will have to be retuned to account for different headers, but the prospect of heat and high quality—not to mention a chance to support one of our own vendors—could end up being very compelling indeed... |
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914 Guru ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 7,552 Joined: 2-January 09 From: Burlington wi Member No.: 9,892 Region Association: Upper MidWest ![]() ![]() |
Very interesting project for those of us with six conversions who haven't found existing paths compelling. Porsche learned a lot about heat exchangers from 2.0 > 3.2 liters, and again in the 964/993 era. Bruce Anderson told me they inspected SSI HEs and tossed those on the pile marked "not invented here," but the later factory HEs learned from the same rust-driven inputs SSI did. I'm curious about whether these improve or decrease access for valve adjustments vs headers and Dansk's mild steel HEs, also curious about thoughts on flow for engines smaller than 3.6 liters. Asking for a friend with a warm 2.2 making ~200 hp at the flywheel with an SC-ish torque curve courtesy of a little head work and Solex cams. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) There's probably a bigger market for 3.2-3.8, engines that aren't well served by Dansk's offerings so far as I know? Also curious about impacts, if any, or deleting one side's HE as I don't need a lot of heat—just enough to keep toes warm on yesterday's top-off fun run through crisp cold, and perhaps a windshield clear on longer journeys with the roof on. In example, would deleting the driver's side "box" (to offset the weight of the oil tank and driver, albeit minorly) create unbalanced engine cooling? It's a given that the carbs will have to be retuned to account for different headers, but the prospect of heat and high quality—not to mention a chance to support one of our own vendors—could end up being very compelling indeed... I run these on my 2.4 with 1.5 inch sleeves in them and they work really well for me. I know you have talked many times about one heat exchanger but why ? If you have 2 of the cores make them both functional and if you don’t hook up the other side so be it. From a valve adjustment standpoint point they are about the same as any other heat exchanger. Nothing is easy while the engine is in the car. |
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