[DeTomaso] Engine Bay Air Flow

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

I find surprisingly little stuff inside the air cleaner when I open it. On the other hand there's always surprisingly plenty of stuff on top of the engine around the intake/carb. Leaves I can understand but the pebbles are bigger than I had expected. Like you say Göran, the air that I suck in at ground level is on its way up past the engine to the deck lid hole so anything (dust, leaves or squirrels) suspended in it would end up at the air filter anyway. Those of you who have gloss paint in the engine bay can verify that... :-)

Tomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Göran Malmberg" <hemipanter at hemipanter.se>
To: "'Tomas Gunnarsson'" <guson at home.se>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Engine Bay Air Flow


> Yes, you have, several times. Larger objects will just pass the 
> air intake and not find its way all the way up the hose. The 
> rest is trapped by the airfilter and the rest will go right
> out the exhaust with almost no harm. Even if we not use a hose
> from under the car, the engine compartment will still be loaded
> with the "fine dust air" no matter what, for the engine to breath.
> Maybe the roof scoop will be the best here.
> Goran
> 
> I'm pretty sure I posted to the list several times that I duct my air
> from underneath the car with a homemade system. I use a stock aircleaner
> with two home made snouts that connect to flex tubing that go down to
> just above the bottom of the chassis. I have no scoops under the car.
> I've measured the air temp inside the air cleaner and it's marginally
> above ambient which is a huge improvement compared to the temps
> mentioned in the posts from this week. I don't have front hood vents.
> Anyone can verify their under car temperature with a simple
> indoor/outdoor thermometer, just duct tape the outdoor sensor to the
> floor pan under your butt, run the cable through the door opening and
> drive away.
> 
> Tomas
> 
> 
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