<VV> Simple Question - Turkey Roaster

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/27/2008 11:42:56 AM Pacific Standard Time,  
eprosise at hotmail.com writes:

Ok,  hopefully this will be an easy question...

In my '66 Corsa (originally  a TURBO), I would like to use the top shroud 
from a turbo motor on a 110hp  that will be installed (this is so I dont have to 
buy a different "fresh air"  hose that goes through the firewall) - since the 
turbo engine will go back in,  eventually.

Will it work?  I could go check, but the turbo engine  is pretty burried 
right now.



Thanks, 
Eric Prosise
'66  Corsa
'66 Monza Convertible




Eric - I'm pretty sure it should work ok. The front of the shroud, where  the 
oil cooler is located, is cutoff on the 140/150/180 motors to allow a 12  
plate cooler underneath. Those motors have a different shaped access  cover. You 
could probably fab up some type of cover to close it off so that  the air will 
go through your 8-plate cooler (unless your 110 motor was from an  Air Cond. 
car, those had 12 plates). Also, their are a couple of holes in the  shroud 
for the choke mechanisms to pass through up to the carbs. I checked a 180  top 
shroud I had sitting in the garage and those holes are there, so you are  okay. 
I can't say why, but I would guess that all the late shrouds are  punched 
from the same blank, and those holes are included. The 180 had the  slot for the 
oil drain and the 140 shroud has a couple of more cuts for the  secondary carb 
bases.  Both the 140 and 180 shrouds have those extra tabs  over the oil 
cooler lopped off. It is easy to use a 12 plate cooler on a  110, by the way, just 
trim off the tips of the upper shroud and use the  140-180 cover - although 
there is a difference underneath the cooler as well, a  bit more cutting is 
needed. As you noted on your request, the turbos use a  different feed hole for 
the cold blend air so the hose is almost unique!  Actually later A/C cars, at 
several I have seen, use the short, left side feed  as well.  - Seth



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