[DeTomaso] I've got to get going on my restoration
GW
gow2 at rc-tech.net
Tue Aug 3 12:42:08 EDT 2010
Duno, How big you think'n?
Larry - Ohio Time Corp wrote:
> <<I have applications which use fans>>
>
> Gary, are you related in any way to Chris? Are chrome stacks in your future?
>
> Larry (not related to anything) - Cleveland
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of GW
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 9:34 AM
> To: John Taphorn
> Cc: michael at michaelshortt.com; Mike Thomas; 'pantera list'
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] I've got to get going on my restoration
>
> John I have applications which use fans to bring the air in; oil cooler
> and such. I also have an idea about bringing the boundry layer back in
> passing the a-piller:
>
> http://www.rc-tech.net/pantera1/paint1/sv3.jpg
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> http://www.rc-tech.net/pantera1/index.htm
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> Gary
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>
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> John Taphorn wrote:
>
>> 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
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>> side of the car. The advocates say it is necessary for the ram air
>>
> effect.
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>> 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
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>> 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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