waterboxer radiator location.

[Bad bug]

I think another member on this forum used a small radiator to cool his waterboxer engine and that was placed in the rear fender area.

[Joel]

Why do people always try and reinvent the wheel?

All the ducting in the world is not going to make a rad in the parcel tray area work properly, the only way is something like Wallys.

Front is still the best option though, look at all factory setups that are rear or mid mount (Porsche, MR2, MGF just to name a few), they still use rads in the front, cos it gets the best air flow and the heat can get away as well.

[DORIGTT]

The wheel has been re-invented many times because there is always room for improvement!

For example, the Fiat 850 used a radiator mounted in the engine bay next to the engine! It had a really interesting fan / scoop arrangement. Have a look.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/...32a76f25_z.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fvl-y7h6TF...+850tc+021.JPG

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fvl-y7h6TF...965+NY+007.JPG

[Gerrelt]

Yes, but the fast Abarth version of the 600 (same engine I think) eventually had the radiator up front.

See: http://www.supercars.net/cars/200.html



No HP loss on the fan anymore, and better weight distribution.

But it will probably work nicely, a shaft driven fan.

[DORIGTT]

Give a dog a bone here!

I was just saying that there are more than one way to skin a cat. Right how you just hold the tail and let me have at it!

GL Volkswagens aren't fast like those cool old cars

By the way, how do you put pics in there without the silly links I use?

[Gerrelt]

Lol, sorry DORIGTT!

You've got to surround your image with these img tags:

[img]...the link to the image...[/img]

I'll step back now...