New doghouse fanshroud-no "themostat flaps"

73SpeedBuggy · Post by **73SpeedBuggy** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:18 pm

[QUOTE="Iguana"]now who opened this can of worms ??..[/QUOTE] Wow, sorry about that. But hey, on the plus side, this is the most posts I've seen in this forum since I joined the club!

mel hubbard · Post by **mel hubbard** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:43 pm

[QUOTE="73SpeedBuggy"]Wow, sorry about that. But hey, on the plus side, this is the most posts I've seen in this forum since I joined the club![/QUOTE] Hey, you aint seen nothing yet,, just stick around and wait for someone to put a Manx badge on a clone

then your see some posts

Anyway, look on the bright side you got your answer = stay away from Taiwan copies, as for thermostats & shutters, its your call,,,,, seems the vote is 3 against 1 here, so I best keep my mouth shut

Having said that Im sticking to my guns, in fact I may even run a wanted add for unwanted flaps

nroadrunner · Post by **nroadrunner** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:10 am

Don't stop now I have not started yet. What you say COOL TIN good or bad? As for the flaps I use them but I use a choke cable. I pull it out when the engin gets warm I push it in. Nate

TMc2548 · Post by **TMc2548** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:33 am

So what color should we paint them? Black or White? Which color dissapates heat better? Is powder coating better than paint or is it the other way around? Does it really matter? Sorry. Couldn't resist. I guess this should be a topic for a different thread. However, I do recall this being discussed quite vigorously a while back. Thanks for breathing life into the forum. lol.

mel hubbard · Post by **mel hubbard** » Thu May 01, 2008 12:51 am

[QUOTE="nroadrunner"]Don't stop now I have not started yet. What you say COOL TIN good or bad? As for the flaps I use them but I use a choke cable. I pull it out when the engin gets warm I push it in. Nate[/QUOTE] OK Nate, lets put a few more miles on this topic,, but on one condition >>> I've just read your profile, WOW!

I reckon you've got some cool (buggy) stories to tell & I want to hear about em,, DEAL??

RIGHT, back to this cooling thing, I have a question, does anyone know what type of cooling stats/flaps the Kubel type 82's had??,,,, pre bellows type thermostats for sure. Im thinking,,, as these vehicles served on the Russian front & in North Africa it must have been a good system to cope both climates. No Empi chrome back in those days. Having said that, rumour has it that a special model was designed for use in desert conditions,,, it had some higher spec parts over the ordinary Kubels, one of which was extra cooling equipment. Fortunately for the allies these Kubels got sent to the Russian front while Rommel had to make do with ordinary ones,,,,,,, no wonder they bloody lost!!! Mind you,,, they also say Geman captured Kubels were so popular with allied troops that the exchange rate become one Kubel for two Jeeps

ABSOLUTE RUBBISH IMO

nroadrunner · Post by **nroadrunner** » Thu May 01, 2008 3:58 am

I know I'm old but not that old. But I'll go back to 1975 I had a 1972 buse that I had made in to a camper. I felt I should have a little more HP,so I built a 2 Lt. 78 crank and 90 barrels mild cam. dog house cooler small plats under barrels. Well it ran good but to hot. So what to due I'm a old motor cycle road racer. I got to thinking how did they keep them cool. The two wheel boys were all ways ahead of the 4 wheel racers Ahhhhh yes. Paint so I painted my barrel and heads flat motor cycle black.put cool tin on tryed again. I ran 30 degrees cooler. This was a good test I have a hill they call 8 mile hill. I run the same hill on all my tests. I take oil temp from two places and cyl. tem. not from under spark plug but from a place just as the exhaust gas leves the head. So you see paint and color can help Nate

mel hubbard · Post by **mel hubbard** » Thu May 01, 2008 11:14 am

Interesting stuff Nate, like Tom said this topic has been discussed but I don't remember seeing it on here. I guess chrome tin & fan shrouds cant help the cooling much either, being a biker guy I bet you must have burnt your legs a few times on chrome pipes, but the black ones seem to cool much faster.

manxdavid · Post by **manxdavid** » Thu May 01, 2008 10:45 pm

Best fan housing to use is a Thing one complete with fan. The fan and shroud is bigger, the profile is lower and they have no heater outlets...saying that I've always used EMPI style 30hp type ones on Buggies because I just like the simple look of them. I've never had overheating problems but Liverpool's no where as near as hot as So Cal...I wish!!!

CairoManx · Post by **CairoManx** » Sat May 03, 2008 11:34 pm

[QUOTE="Manxdavid"]Best fan housing to use is a Thing one complete with fan. The fan and shroud is bigger, the profile is lower and they have no heater outlets... QUOTE] David, I hadn't heard the fan was actually bigger. Do you know whether its larger in diameter or wider?

newmanx59 · Post by **newmanx59** » Sun May 04, 2008 12:25 pm

The "Thing" fan is the exact same fan that is used in the Bug with a doghouse cooler.

manxdavid · Post by **manxdavid** » Sun May 04, 2008 4:08 pm

Sorry guys...senior moment there...

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