[DeTomaso] I Think I'll Take it Off & Just Run Naked!

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

Ask Junior! ;-) He spun, decklid slamed over the roof and he drove the car backwards at 200 mph...by some miraclous gift he stayed on course at Silver State.

bill gaino <gaino at earthlink.net> wrote:  I would hate to see what would happen to the hood and/or deck unlatched in a spin. I belive I would have some sort of catch cable if running unlatched... Bill 1362

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>From: michael frazier 
>Sent: Oct 15, 2008 10:30 AM
>To: scottcouchman at yahoo.com, Pantera Forum 
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] I Think I'll Take it Off & Just Run Naked!
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>Just put longer stops on it to hold it up about an inch or leave it unlatched. It will find it's happy place on it's own. Take your lifts off if they actually lift it. Let the techs know so some course worker doesn't say you're losing parts. This also works for the front lid. It will
>rise up to a balance point too. Don't asked how I know this. As long as you keep going forward, nothing will fly off and the panels will settle back into position as you slow.
>Michael
>Gruppo Rompiculi Corsa Big Bend ORR in April. BE THERE!
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> > I've looked at Goran's tuff photos showing airflow out the decklid 'window'> and thought about airflow through an oil cooler and trying to exhaust the heat> out of the engine compartment when running at speed in ORR and I've decided> to just take the decklid off and leave it home and just run without it.> > I know it may look a little getto, and there are probably some purist that may go into cardiac arrest,> but it seems to me that it offer some heat dissipation advantages with minimal aero loss.> > Besides, someone told me that MD has some experience running without his decklid> and so whatevers good for the dawg is good for me. Any thoughts??> > > > > _______________________________________________> > Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA> > Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/> > DeTomaso mailing list> DeTomaso at list.realbig.com> http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
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