[DeTomaso] I've got to get going on my restoration

[John Taphorn]

I intend to eventually install a system on my GT5 to draw air in through the 
side windows/vents.  My aim is to have a source of cooler denser air for the 
engine.  The current flow pattern has us extracting air from the engine bay 
that is heated as it passes by the headers first.

I have listened to the debate for years about the 4" ear requirement on the 
side of the car.  The advocates say it is necessary for the ram air effect. 
That may be so, however, I am not seeking to ram air into the carburetor. 
We certainly are not benefiting from ram air in the stock configuration, so 
I don't see why it is postulated as a requirement when ever someone inquires 
about ingesting air from the side.

I am confident that if the intakes tract is extended to an opening in the 
side gill/window even without an ear, the engine will suck in all the cooler 
denser air that it needs despite the theoretical boundary layer.  Lord 
knows, it certainly rushes into my car when I roll down the driver's window 
without the benefit of anything, like an intake stroke, creating a lower 
vacuum.

JT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Thomas" <mbefthomas at comcast.net>
To: "'Rob Dumoulin'" <rob at dumoulins.net>; <michael at michaelshortt.com>
Cc: "'pantera list'" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] I've got to get going on my restoration


> Remember that there has been quite a number of strings regarding the 
> merits
> of side scoops and whether they really do any good unless they stick out 
> far
> enough to extend beyond the boundary layer created by the car.  If I 
> recall
> the figure was 6" to 8" out from the side of the car to actually "scoop"
> some air.  'Like Michael said, it's your car, but I sure wouldn't want 
> mine
> looking like Dumbo on wheels . . .
>
> Something else I would think about too: if your car is an early '71, I
> assume it has all the bright work on it (bumpers, mirrors, window trim,
> etc.).  I recently saw an ad on EBay for an early '71 with steel group IV
> flares, center exhaust from 180's, etc, and somehow all that just didn't
> look right on a chrome bumpered car, having seen most Grp IV clones with
> bumpers off or all trim blacked out.
>
> K, that's my .02.
>
> Mike Thomas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] 
> On
> Behalf Of Rob Dumoulin
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 6:56 PM
> To: michael at michaelshortt.com
> Cc: pantera list
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] I've got to get going on my restoration
>
> Thanks, Mike.  Why do I get the feeling you are preparing for a career in
> politics with those two answers?  Seriously though, I like the hood vent
> look, want to cut down on under car air pressure while gaining ducts for
> brake air, and want a closed box cold air system.  I also considered 
> cutting
> a hole in my engine cover and placing the K&N in colder air above it.  I 
> am
> about function on just about everything on the car except the hood vents.
>
>
>>
>> On Aug 2, 2010 8:59 PM, "Rob Dumoulin" <rob at dumoulins.net> wrote:
>>
>
>> Guys, working out of state is killing my restoration plans and spare 
>> time.
>>  I hoped to be farthe...
>
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