[DeTomaso] cold air options

Tomas Gunnarsson guson at home.se
Fri Nov 4 15:43:44 EDT 2011


Is air really flowing out at the raised rear edge of the hood? That is
generally a high pressure area and would likely push air into the engine bay
(think cowl induction hoods).

Tomas

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of David in Durango
Sent: den 4 november 2011 19:02
To: JDeRyke at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] cold air options


Jack,
thanks for that tip - I have there rear raised about 1/2" (looks like hell)
and think that helps flow through the radiator.  Last spring at Fernley I
was able to run all I wanted with cool oil and water.  Previous year I could
go about 4 laps before things got toooooo hot.

FYI: the Tiger overheating in traffic is cured by ducting the front so that
all fresh air going in goes through the radiator (important on everything -
cured all my miata problems) and keeping hot air from the rear out of the
front of the radiator!

All this "best practice" stuff pretty much applies across the board.

cheers,

David
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: JDeRyke at aol.com
  To: adin at frontier.net ; detomaso at realbig.com
  Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 11:21 AM
  Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] cold air options


  On your v-8 Miata, I'd also look at venting the rear of the hood similar
to what LA Tigers used  in their very tight engine bays. Even a 10 F degree
drop is worth the trouble- JDeRyke


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