[DeTomaso] Cobra / Shelby Club Race at Willow Springs / Rear DeckLid Needed

adin at frontier.net adin at frontier.net
Thu May 15 16:07:47 EDT 2008


I totally agree.  When the sponsorship comes in (you HAVE sent your  
check, right?) and I no longer have to slave for others.

Send extra sponsorship $, its a long haul to the east coast.  Oh, and  
I'll need about 8000' of paved test track, a chassis dyno . . . . .


Quoting JDeRyke at aol.com:

> In a message dated 5/15/08 8:19:24 AM, daniel.c.jones2 at gmail.com writes:
> snip....
>> Be aware that aero is concerned with much more than just drag.  A low drag
>> shape is of little use on an automobile if it is unstable or generates too
>> much lift (or not enough downforce) or doesn't allow for cooling.....
>>
> Agreed! As   I said, airflow changes above 100 mph are not simple, are
> counter-intuitive and usually have unforseen results. Changing the   
> basic shape of
> the Pantera body   to something like the Mangusta will undoubtably   
> also change
> the Pantera's engine cooling, carb intake volume and maybe jetting, A/C
> efficiency, oil cooler placement and probably several other things   
> we haven't thought
> of, so proceed by all means, but do it cautiously and keep a log of all the
> changes.
> Reducing drag on one end of a vehicle changes the center of pressure,
> affecting handling, too. The simple addition of a blade-type decklid  
>  spoiler on one
> Pantera reduced rear lift and resulting snakey hi-handling above 160 mph, but
> the lift on the nose then increased, requiring a more pronounced   
> nose-down rake
> and adding a splitter below the air dam to recover the previous handling, and
> on it goes....
> Bottom line; testing is key; there are no simple aero changes! If there were,
> pro race teams wouldn't spend millions trying to figure this stuff out. Dare
> I re-suggest that interested parties get off their a... and rent time in the
> east coast wind tunnel as I suggested in '06? Yeah, probably not...   
>   too much
> like work. Sigh... J DeRyke
>
>
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