[DeTomaso] Elephant ears

Wed Jun 17 15:50:58 EDT 2009

I wouldn't think that you would from underneath, the slip stream would take
heavy gargabe backwards, not UP,
but on the side, I'd bet with the CFM carb sucking away, you might capture
some larger debris with the ears sticking out.

Michael Shortt

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Tomas Gunnarsson <guson at home.se> wrote:

> Michael,
>
> I snorkel my intake air from underneath the car. My tubing ends with a
> straight cut round tube not extending below the chassis rails. I find small
> pebbles and dust inside the air cleaner but surprisingly no larger objects
> like leaves or garbage. I use a modified stock air cleaner and a Purolator
> paper filter. I have no mesh in my ducting. Flex hose is 90 mm diameter
> IIRC.
>
> Tomas
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>   To: "Tomas Gunnarsson" <guson at home.se>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Elephant ears
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> I agree that the air that you are sucking in will be cooler than the
> air in the engine bay, but can't say that any of it would be "ram" air
> unless you were out in the airstream were pressure would build up.
>
> But now that this door is open, expect those who know to comment.
>
> You'll absolutely want a good filter inside there, sand, dirt debris
> and on track, rubber bits.
>
> Wish I had a $1 for every rubber mark I cleaned off my helmet, not to
> mention the front of the cars.
>
> I'd even consider a piece of wire screen inside the tube or whatever
> for bigger pieces of trash like paper, wrappers, etc.
>
> Michael Shortt
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Tomas Gunnarsson<guson at home.se> wrote:
> > Boundary layer or not, the intake air will be a lot cooler regardless of
> ear size and shape. I will stick my neck out and say that few of us drive at
> speeds where the bigger ears that go outside the boundary layer can make
> notable use of the ram effect. For both types I'm assuming ducting to an
> enclosed air filter.
> >
> > Tomas
> >
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> > From: "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
> > To: "Will Demelo" <wdemelo at cogeco.ca>
> > Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:30 PM
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Elephant ears
> >
> >
> >> Oh No, here we go again.....lol.
> >>
> >> If they don't stick beyond the "boundary layer", you are wasting your
> >> time and money doing anything at all.
> >>
> >>
> >> Michael Shortt
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 6:53 AM, Will Demelo<wdemelo at cogeco.ca> wrote:
> >>> Who sells elephant ear scoops for the rear quarter windows? Are they
> all the same or are some bigger than others? I'm looking for some that don't
> stick out too far. And yes, I know that they need to stick out to get the
> "ram air" effect, but I'm more concerned about the access to cool air.
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