Thanks Pat, interesting stuff. I have emailed a couple of companies regarding ceramic coating the pistons/combustion chambers so that's definitely something I'd be interested in.
Going back to the heat extraction, what do you think of the attached image? Do you see any benefits?
I have a trial...
Hi Terry,
Thanks for your response, you have raised some interesting points.
Firstly, I will start by saying that the engine I am working on is as it left the factory with every piece of cooling tinware in place and totally sealed with the correct stock rubber seals and also Loctite flexible...
Hi Pat,
This is actually for an aircooled Type 4 VW motor.
The way I figure it, the fan, driven directly from the crank is pressurizing the top half of the engine with air flowing through to the underside and then out the back. The underside will still be at a positive pressure (I would like...
Hi there,
I have a project that I am working on and I am trying to reduce load and thus energy expenditure on a crank powered cooling fan by utilising fast moving cool air.
Basically the engine is split into two sides; the cool side (top) and the hot side (bottom). The fan blows cool air over...