turning real in steel - see here - or with Oxigin wheels below rollover
my custom beetle runs the radiator in the back,
oooo which is fine up to about 60 mph, then the motor heat outpaces the cooling capacity of this setup
this is due to aerodynamics because
ooooooiioturbulences behind the square back don't help to suck the heat out to the rearooooo
oooooooooooooooooooooioooooooThe obvious remedy, of course, would be moving the radiator
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooto the front,owhere for some reason most of them are anyway!
So, some old-school pencil sketches and
a photoshop version later, this is what it might look like
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oooooIn this concept a front spoiler is added and the front valance cut out to guide air into the trunk ooooooo
to a radiator mounted in the spare wheel well oo
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooocccoooooooA panel in the front trunk guides the hot air out ooo
through custom made vents in the hood
The whole thing is called an extractor hood ooooooioooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
giving that serious race car look like in the GT 40
or this competition Ghia from Brazil
oooooooo And this is how it's doneo
picked up a good lid for 50 quid
and set the cutting wheels in motionooooooooooooo.oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
with a lotta cuttin' and welding done, this is what it looks like oooooooooooooooooooooo
welded, primed and racing striped
this is a mock up of how the GTI radiator sits
and the extractor vents from inside
oooooooooooooooooooo still missing a mesh to keep leaves or prying fingers out of the trunk
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...like the latest rollover paint ideas
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tha's cool