[DeTomaso] cooler air to carb

[Christopher Kimball]

Well, I'm glad the truth is out!  (And I thought they were telling me they understood how my fans worked when they told me, "those suck!!")  (ha)

Chris
#3846



> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:58:47 -0700
> From: davel at emspace.com
> To: chrisvkimball at msn.com
> CC: guson at home.se; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] cooler air to carb
> 
> OK - I'll stick up for you Chris
> We all (or at least me anyway) thought you were trying to blow from the top.
> Kind of like pushing a rope.
> dave
> 
> Christopher Kimball wrote:
> > I've been meaning to do that, but just haven't had the time yet.  Once I have a chance, I'll reveal the results to the forum.  If they work, I'll be able to give Mike D. a hard time for the rest of his life.  If they don't work, I'll probably be banished from the Pantera community forever (or at least until I get rid of the fans!)
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Chris (with his own fan club)
> > #3846
> >
> >
> >   
> >> From: guson at home.se
> >> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> >> Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:05:39 +0200
> >> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] cooler air to carb
> >>
> >> Chris,
> >>
> >> Why don't you just take an indoor/outdoor thermometer and tape the outdoor sensor to e.g. the air cleaner, hanging next to the filter element. Then see what difference the fans make when turned on.
> >>
> >> Tomas
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Christopher Kimball" <chrisvkimball at msn.com>
> >> To: "Dave Londry" <davel at emspace.com>
> >> Cc: "Pantera List Serve" <detomaso at realbig.com>
> >> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 12:34 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] cooler air to carb
> >>
> >>
> >>     
> >>> Wait; if you take another look you'll see they are extractors!  The are positioned on the engine cover in such a way as to pull air out of the engine compartment.  I believe when the car is moving quickly, the air gets sucked into the engine compartment from under the car and out the top through the engine cover (which stock was a screen of some sort, I think) and then out the glass-less "window."  My ingenious fans simply pull the hot air out of the engine bay (and maybe, consequently pull cold air in from underneath) while sitting at stop lights, etc.  At higher speeds my assumption is my little fan blades are probably whizzing around faster than they ordinarily would, since at that point the airflow would be shooting through the fan openings in the same direction as the fans would want to pull anyway.
> >>>
> >>> Sincerely,
> >>>
> >>> Chris
> >>> #3846
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>       
> >>>> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:47:52 -0700
> >>>> From: davel at emspace.com
> >>>> To: chrisvkimball at msn.com
> >>>> CC: detomaso at realbig.com
> >>>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] cooler air to carb
> >>>>
> >>>> Chriiiiiis
> >>>> If you'd just turn those damn fans over so they were hot air extractors,
> >>>> all us gearheads would probably go,
> >>>> "hmm - that 's maybe a good idea for low-speed conditions"
> >>>> or something equally insightful??.
> >>>> (wouldn't be us much fun though, would it)
> >>>>
> >>>> dave londry
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Christopher Kimball wrote:
> >>>>         
> >>>>> ...the post about the engine-cover fans was, you know, kind of a joke...(ask Mike Drew about that).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sometime in the future I might write something such as, "As President Regan would say..." so be prepared!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Chris
> >>>>> #3846
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>   
> >>>>>           
> >>>>>> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:18:54 -0600
> >>>>>> From: adin at frontier.net
> >>>>>> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] cooler air to carb
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Little know fact, Bruce died testing some decades ago.  I doubt he has  
> >>>>>> been "recently quoted" on anything.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Just the fact, ma'am . . . . sorry.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Quoting Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com>:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>     
> >>>>>>             
> >>>>>>> Little known fact:  All McLaren automobiles have two, small fans   
> >>>>>>> mounted on their engine covers ventilating the engine compartment.    
> >>>>>>> They purchased the technology and associated patent from a   
> >>>>>>> little-known financial planner who lives in Washington State.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Bruce McLaren was recently quoted as saying that if it weren't for   
> >>>>>>> that brilliant design concept, none of his cars would have ever   
> >>>>>>> finished a race...
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Chris
> >>>>>>> #3846
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>               
>