<VV> v-style corvair engine

[Bill Elliott]

http://fnader.com/TatraHemiV8.jpg

A fan at the bottom of each side (each individually belt driven). Air 
comes into the engine compartments via the side vents, is drawn into the 
top of the engine at the carbs, forced down through the cylinder/heads, 
and exhausted through the rear bumper. (The thermostat is a flap behind 
the engine... shown here in "recirc" mode... when it get hot the flap 
closes the air exits through the bumper.

The engine compartment is sealed and there is no heater provision 
(heater is a gas heater which sits under the driver's seat). Shrouding 
is more complicated than a Corvairs, but not impossibly so.

Bill

BBRT wrote:

>Of course. Tatra. Many, many air- cooled engines up until late 50s? Earl;y 
>60s? V8's etc.  Their chief engineer wrote the definitive book on Air-cooled 
>Engines. His name is Julius Mackerle. (Book is out of print and hard to 
>find).
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Marc Sheridan" <sheridanma1966 at gmail.com>
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>>Has anyone ever built a V configuration engine that was cooled withair
>>from a fan? I would think the shrouding would be a nightmare.
>>
>>Marc Sheridan
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