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Subject:Re: .... Porsche 6 cyl heating van
From:kenneth d lewis
Date:Thu, 6 Jan 2000 19:21:16 EST

Todd;
        Why not add a oil to water heat exchanger like the one on the
digifant system i.e. the box sandwiched between the oil filter and
engine. That way you were helping to cool the oil. I would use an
electric motor powered pump to circulate the water. Less loss of HP at
the pulley.
Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe
For Sale: 61 AustinHealey Sprite(not Bugeye);Daily driver $2500

On Thu, 6 Jan 2000 12:53:43 -0800 Todd Francis <tbf@PACIFIER.COM> writes:
>Hi All,   It seems to me that the best way to heat your water cooled
>Vanagon
>after installing a  air cooled Porsche engine is to make a water heat
>exchanger around the outside of the muffler and install a belt driven
>water
>pump on the engine to circulate water through the stock water system.
>To
>make the heat exchanger you could start with a long glasspack muffler
>and
>weld a tube around the muffler to create a water jacket. plumb each
>end of
>the water jacket so water will circulate from one end to the other and
>then
>flow through the stock water system of teh Vanagon.  I have thought of
>doing
>the same thing on a Baja bug to eliminate all of the steam inside the
>car
>when it is wet and the heater is on. In a Baja I would have to install
>a
>radiator to cool the water when the heat is off and the heater core is
>not
>dissapating the heat.
>Todd Francis

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