Air Scoops

[BluEyzDave]

My mechanic wanted to know if there were any dealership optional side airscoops for the 411 wagon. They would go on the vents on the fenders.


david

[Editor]

Now why would you want to spoil the clean lines of a Type 4 with air scoops? They're something the USA dealers seem keen to add to Type 3s and Type 4s - probably to make a bit more dough from the owner - but no-one in Europe seems to use them!

[BluEyzDave]

I am against the idea of that, but my mechanic said he could make it real nice. He said that he had to adjust things in the engine because of the single carb that someone put on it, and having more air enter the engine could make it run better than it does now. But, I am against all that kinda add on stuff like that.

[Pine]

If you think of the theory behind it, adding an air scoop actually decrease the area the air must go through into the engine! Saw what I thought looked pretty much like factory accessories, air scoops on a Type 3 in a scrap yard earlier this week. Haven't ever seen Type 4 scoops, though..

[Editor]

If you want supercharging for the car, you should get the proper system!

One carb? - is this the abomination that sits under a washing-up bowl in a cut out in the engine cover?
Thank goodness we never went in for that over here.

I assume it wasn't the same mechanic who couldn't sort out the FI? Shame that was ever removed - more flexible, better low-end performance, keeps in adjustment longer.

[BluEyzDave]

One carb? - is this the abomination that sits under a washing-up bowl in a cut out in the engine cover?
Thank goodness we never went in for that over here.

I assume it wasn't the same mechanic who couldn't sort out the FI? Shame that was ever removed - more flexible, better low-end performance, keeps in adjustment longer.

Yeah, that's it. And no, it is not the same mechanic. I don't know who cut up the engine lid.