[DeTomaso] Rain Water Ingestion in Velocity Stacks

[gow2 at rc-tech.net]

I can attest that driving fast in the rain is a big help. As long as I
could move down the highway, the interior as well as my glasses stayed
dry. I had to slow in a construction zone but thankfully the guys waved me
through and did not make me stop giving me thumbs up!

http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/mg2/gal/rainb.jpg


> In a message dated 1/29/13 8:04:06 AM, spkorb at gmail.com writes:
>
>> I imagine that a modified screen with an extension over the last two
>> webbers would fix the problem.   But then you can't see your webbers and
>> that's
>> kind of the best part of having webbers.
>>
>> Doesn't Goran have a plexiglass air box over his intake?
>>
> As does Jerry Brubaker's dark green '74 show car. Kind of complex but
> attractive. Incidently, once you're moving, no water will get anywhere
> close to
> Weber stacks due to the huge volume of under-car air exhausted out the
> rear
> 'window' opening in the decklid. Also keeps water out of the distributor.
> Parking in bad weather or running thru an automated car wash is a whole
> 'nother
> subject. I personally wouldn't drive a street car without an air cleaner,
> since I can't afford the frequent engine overhauls this causes from
> inhaled
> dirt and dust. FWIW- J Deryke
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