[DeTomaso] Techno question: cold air induction "turkey pan" style for the Pantera

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/9/12 9 20 50, cengles at cox.net writes:


> Does the relatively simple "turkey pan" style cold air induction 
> modification actually work? Methinks that it doesn't work all that well or else we 
> would see it more often and on the vintage racing Panteras (Pat Hals). 
> Comments?
> 

I think it would only work if fresh air was being introduced from 
elsewhere.   The Cobra pan works because the carb is sealed against the underside of 
the hood, and 100% of the engine's air intake is coming through that hood 
scoop, from outside.   On a Pantera, a cold air box with side scoops achieves 
the same thing.   But putting a setup such as you describe on a Pantera, 
without any other modifications, wouldn't achieve a darn thing, because the 
engine would still be forced to breathe the air that's around it, and that air 
is flowing from underneath, past the floor of the apparatus, and then into 
the engine.

Or so it seems to me....

Mike