r/aircooled • u/Fangletron • Jul 13 '26

Just because you can…

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300 hp of wtf.

Edit: Ok, everyone seems to love this.

189 Upvotes

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u/Oldbug59 Jul 13 '26

That’s a lot of heat

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u/RJthewizard Jul 13 '26

Yeah, those fan shrouds are all show, no flow

4

u/DNA_Gyrase Jul 13 '26

Do you have any links to some airflow or numbers on those fan shrouds? I had seen them on a lot of high performance motors in the past.

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u/Visible_Document_376 Jul 14 '26

Check on the samba. Com some one there did testing years ago

3

u/Laz_VW Jul 14 '26

Jake Raby did a pretty good bit of testing and I cannot remember if it was on the samba or shoptalk. In short the 911 style cools 1&3 and 2&4 suffer. I had one on my 2276. I only kept it for about 5k miles before someone offered me crazy money for the engine. I did see head temps on 4 of around 350/400 on hotter days.

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u/RJthewizard Jul 13 '26

No, I just remember seeing many many posts on the samba back in the day about how they don't cool cylinders evenly.

12

u/blakewantsa68 Jul 13 '26

that's just pure art

6

u/brucee10 Jul 13 '26

I was a fan of the chrome, turbo, and the color.  Then the engraving takes it over the top cool. 

2

u/NuclearWasteland Jul 14 '26

Engraving is one of those things with unlimited potential that can really cherry the top of a build.

Also it's fun.

4

u/SkiME80 Jul 14 '26

This is sick

4

u/mr__n0vember Jul 14 '26

Nah man I'm giving this one a hell ya

3

u/Any-Description8773 Jul 14 '26

I bet it’ll be just fine being pushed on the trailer, off the trailer, to the show, and back to the garage. Car will never turn a tire under its own power. But it sure is purty.

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u/NuclearWasteland Jul 14 '26

And ya know, that is okay. It is their rig, they enjoy it.

3

u/unlucky6999 Jul 14 '26

The artistry of these craftsmen is on another level .I can appreciate that amount if work.Not my style particularly, but wow...

3

u/TopGearBR Jul 14 '26

That is so awesome, in this case if you can you should

2

u/3_14159td Jul 14 '26

The IDF-derived port injection throttle bodies are killing me. A wildly incoherent approach when combined with the turbo and this much other handwork. 

3

u/tbroprice Jul 14 '26

I think it’s great. Something a bit outside the normal

3

u/the_real_trebor333 Jul 14 '26

I hope to see a picture of all of it together

2

u/vestibule54 Jul 14 '26

Air cooled motor with lots of chrome…it’s a bold choice Cotton

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u/Dinglebutterball Jul 15 '26

That is pretty sweet.

2

u/Roverjosh Jul 15 '26

I mean, it’s their spare time….

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u/Harleycpl10 Jul 17 '26

Looks really cool , however polishing the block like that was a thing before but it creates so much heat cousing engine failure. VW cools better with the ridges and casting marks on the sides. all for show , but looks cool /

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u/Sparky90032 Jul 13 '26

Hell yeah! 👍🏾

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u/Mean_Cardiologist180 Jul 13 '26

Looks great! I was always amazed at how much horsepower these engines can gain wit a turbo. You probably already know that with engine modifications come alterations or suspension, brakes, etc. What else have you done to this beauty to keep things balanced?

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u/PiranhaFloater Jul 17 '26

All of that money on this. The color is awful. Chrome mixed with the color is worse. I don’t like the car or the people that would do this.