Umm, I got nuthin. (Radial VW content)

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gQx5Wd6U6Z8

Is that Clint Howard?

Is that an un-shrouded, external cooling fan? I'm not a safety nazi but that does not, erm, strike me as reasonably safe.

David

I think it is extremely safe as long as we all have iron-man suites.

i'll raise you a radial goggomobil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oTxg8LAbDc&noredirect=1

starts doing 1/4 miles at about 3:30 or so minutes in.

DWNSHFT wrote: Is that an un-shrouded, external cooling fan? I'm not a safety nazi but that does not, erm, strike me as reasonably safe. David

Don't touch it, problem solved.

Contact!

1.) I never realized radials were used in ground vehicles. Seems like a non-ideal use?

2.) 668ci/220/hp. My, has technology come a long way in 72 years!

3.) I think an unshrouded cooling fan would be much more effective than a rear bumper. Though I would have strongly considered adding the prop setup from an airboat for added thrust.

Wheelie popper!

petegossett wrote: 1.) I never realized radials were used in ground vehicles. Seems like a non-ideal use?

Early WW2 Sherman tanks used 400 hp air-cooled radial engines.

It would seem that VW would need wheelie bars.

I've got to get off the computer and into the garage more.....

That belongs in a PT-17. You could get some good money for that.

Yeah, but it looks like he had a Volkswagen instead lol.

Ian F wrote:

petegossett wrote: 1.) I never realized radials were used in ground vehicles. Seems like a non-ideal use?

Early WW2 Sherman tanks used 400 hp air-cooled radial engines. It would seem that VW would need wheelie bars.

A lot of the special purpose Shermans, tank retrievers and such, kept the radials. My Grandfather was a tank retriever/mechanic in Korea, said they had a tendency for engine mount failure, which got him in a lot of trouble once(stuck until somebody could come pick him up), in a lightly armored tank fitted with nothing but a single browning M2 .50 cal.