My wife is insisting that I baja her bug. We have all of the fiberglass and steel bumper/cage parts, but I'm hesitating due to fear of an overheating engine. I know that to baja a bug correctly you should install an external oil cooler along with a scoop to get some air into it and the engine.
Is it possible to baja a bug without doing all of this and have the engine survive as a daily driver? She's not going to be ripping through the woods with it, at least not yet. I'm just not sure how far I need to go with cooling it. Is an air scoop on top mandatory? Is an oil cooler mandatory?
My bus overheated quickly once with the rear apron off during a test drive... but then again the entire engine wasn't open to the air as it would be in a baja.
It's a T1 1600 Sp.
Thanks!