[DeTomaso] Reduce Weight or Stiffen Chassis?

[Ken Green]

Hey Art,
 
     Didn't anyone explain that the fins are functional?  They remove vast amounts of heat trapped in the engine compartment.  Without them, your fuel tank may reach very high temperatures and explode.
 
Ken  (are you feeling lucky?)

--- On Mon, 5/24/10, Art Stephens <artstephens at verizon.net> wrote:


From: Art Stephens <artstephens at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Reduce Weight or Stiffen Chassis?
To: "John Taphorn" <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com>, detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Monday, May 24, 2010, 5:03 PM


John,
It is a done deal.  I've already spent a month on the project and I'm not 
turning back!  :-))  I don't like fake stuff on cars.  The faux vents are my 
least favorite part of the car,  they have bothered me for years,  just 
because they are fake.  I think the car looks great the way it was is,  I 
just wish they would have done it different.  It seems like I asked Tom why 
they didn't make the vents functional?  If I recall correctly,  he said that 
Ford didn't want to spend the money to do that.

Art


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Taphorn" <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com>
To: "Art Stephens" <artstephens at verizon.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Reduce Weight or Stiffen Chassis?


> Art
>
> My vote is NOT to eliminate the gills.  They are a main design element of
> the car IMHO.
>
> JT
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Art Stephens" <artstephens at verizon.net>
> To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 6:40 PM
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Reduce Weight or Stiffen Chassis?
>
>
>>     I am eliminating the fake vents behind the rear quarter windows.  The
>> area will be covered with 18 gauge sheet metal that will be welded in. 
>> My
>> question is how to fill the holes that the studs pass thru holding on the
>> vents?  I want to fill the holes to keep water out of the soon to be
>> enclosed area.  (I will have a drain hole at the bottom of the area).  My
>> car does not have the side gas filler.  So I can either fill the four
>> holes with metal discs,  welded in,  or I can open up the gas filler hole
>> and then cover all five holes with plastic plugs glued in.  Filling the
>> holes with metal should theoretically make the car stiffer,  using the
>> plastic plugs will make it marginally lighter.  So what is the best
>> solution?
>>
>> Art
>>
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