Mark originally said about 20 degrees for his scoop.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Helen Fahy" <72510.1173@COMPUSERVE.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care!

> Hi Bob,
>
> Any chance that you have a description of what components and their
> locations or pictures of your install?  What kind of oil temperature
> reduction were you able to achieve?
>
> Thanks for any info,
> Helen & Joe Fahy
> '87 Westy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Spooner, Robert E." <bob.spooner@MIDDLETOWNPOWER.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 10:16 AM
> Subject: Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care!
>
>
>
> And now for some other nearly un-quantifiable data.
>
> IIRC, the scoops in question are being made by Mark to send air through an
> external engine oil cooler, and a turbo intercooler.  Mounted in the
spaces
> behind the right and left rear wheels, respectively.
>
> I had one of the tin-knockers here at work bend me up a scoop for the
> passenger side to push air over the external engine oil cooler I mounted
> behind the right rear wheel.  I made some simple ducting to make sure that
> the only source of air over the cooler is from the scoop, down the
snorkel,
> through the cooler and out the bottom (it could be the other direction for
> all I know).
>
> Anyway.  My oil temperature goes down at highway speeds, suggesting to me
> that there is more airflow over the cooler.
>
> I have no fan on the cooler.
>
> I can't say which way the airflow is going though.
>
> I suppose I could take the scoop off and see if the results are the same.
> Perhaps I will do that.
>
> Bob
> East Haddam, CT
>
>
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