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Rain Tray or Not? |
VWTortuga336 |
Oct 4 2015, 06:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 285 Joined: 5-October 14 From: Kansas City, Missouri Member No.: 17,979 Region Association: None |
When I bought my car, it did not have a rain tray installed on the engine bay cover. I was going to buy one, but now I'm building a 2366 and want to do everything I can to keep it cool. Are there any cooling benefits to not having a rain tray? If I don't add one, how do I stop water from getting in the engine?
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ndfrigi |
Oct 5 2015, 04:38 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,933 Joined: 21-August 11 From: Orange County Member No.: 13,474 Region Association: Southern California |
Since the 914 design on engine grill is pretty much an open area, is there a real problem when water gets in there and soak the engine with water? for carb and Fuel injection. I know there is a lot of places inside engine bay that water can drain but still water get all over the engine.
Majority of us try to avoid getting our car soak with rain but sometimes we really can't avoid the rain like here in SoCal. Sometimes it is sunny but suddenly a rain will fall. Eric Shea's last drive from west to east experienced a hard rain but he was able to drove it without any issues. |
era vulgaris |
Oct 5 2015, 04:56 PM
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J is for Genius Group: Members Posts: 982 Joined: 10-November 13 From: Raleigh, NC Member No.: 16,629 Region Association: South East States |
Since the 914 design on engine grill is pretty much an open area, is there a real problem when water gets in there and soak the engine with water? for carb and Fuel injection. I know there is a lot of places inside engine bay that water can drain but still water get all over the engine. Majority of us try to avoid getting our car soak with rain but sometimes we really can't avoid the rain like here in SoCal. Sometimes it is sunny but suddenly a rain will fall. Eric Shea's last drive from west to east experienced a hard rain but he was able to drove it without any issues. I think the bigger potential issue is with the electrical connections. If all the connections are insulated and no wiring is exposed, you should be fine. I got caught in a massive downpour on the interstate in my old '72. That car had FI and no rain tray. But I could see the water coming off the roof gutters like two waterspouts in my rear view mirror right onto the engine grill. The entire engine bay got soaked and I had no problems. That car also had holes in the floors and wheel wells, and water was getting flung into the car from everywhere! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) I just don't understand why they would put the battery right where it can get wet, and in turn spill acid onto a structural frame component. Didn't all the other air-cooled Porsches have the battery up front? |
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