Herrod helper?

bigmeat · Post by **bigmeat** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:47 pm

I just read the article about the herrod helper. I understand that they have not been made in several years. I wonder if there is any thing made now a days that could be subsituted?

Post by **Leatherneck** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:02 pm

For those like me who did not know what it was.

A rear spoiler that mounted to the fresh air vents below the rear window. Originally sold be J C Whitney in the early 70's

kaferman62 · Post by **kaferman62** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 1:59 pm

There was an article in Hot VW's a couple of years ago about a very similar spoiler offered by...RLR? I can't quite remeber, I'll try to find the issue.

Come to think of it, I think it was an issue of VW Trends, I still have it and will see if I can find it.

plantman · Post by **plantman** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 5:16 pm

In this months Hot VWs. They mentioned the Herod Helper and using it on their milage motor and it actually helping increase the milage.
David

turbobaja · Post by **turbobaja** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:24 am

Aircooled sells a couple:

http://www.aircooled.net/new-bin/viewpr ... 02&cartid=

http://www.aircooled.net/new-bin/viewpr ... 01&cartid=

I made a home-made version of the second one for my baja:

kuleinc · Post by **kuleinc** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:56 pm

I have one, I took it off cause it looked dumb, they really help with mileage? I drive my car 40 miles round trip to work everyday...

Bugfuel · Post by **Bugfuel** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:58 pm

turbobaja wrote:I made a home-made version of the second one for my baja

Beautiful work!

turbobaja · Post by **turbobaja** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:39 pm

Thanks. It took a little over 3 months to turn a 4'x4' sheet of aluminum and some 1" angle into this:

Then this:

All just to cover up this stuff and hopefully provide some cooling air to:

I would recommend buying something pre-fabbed unless you've got entirely too much spare time on your hands.........and really love to drill holes.

bigmeat · Post by **bigmeat** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:56 pm

Nice metal work! I think I would like to have one that was featured in the magazine.

tuna · Post by **tuna** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:53 am

These things have been around for eons. My only concern with the Herrod Helper is that it's diverting air from the louvers that supply the engine with cooler air above the car for the carb and the cooling fan in the shroud. It's just what I think about when I look at these things. I'd like to see HVWs look at the oil temp and the cylinder head temps when using a Herrod Helper. -- Tuna

bigmeat · Post by **bigmeat** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:54 pm

They did and the head temps where 240 degrees and oil temp 180!

kuleinc · Post by **kuleinc** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:05 am

I would put mine back on, but I hate the way it looks, anyone want to buy one? LOL

bigmeat · Post by **bigmeat** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:11 pm

If it is a real herrod helper I would be interested!

kuleinc · Post by **kuleinc** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:12 am

I believe that it is, PM your email, I'll dig it out of the shed and get some pics.

CalLookVWs · Post by **CalLookVWs** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:36 pm

I ran one for about 4 years on my old car. I usually cruised between 70-80MPH and it definately made a huge difference in stability on the highway. Although, the front end still floated at 137MPH for some reason

FYI My motor NEVER ran hot, even after over 125K miles of abuse, although I propped my decklid at the bottom.

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