[DeTomaso] Rain Water Ingestion in Velocity Stacks

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

My experience from driving on the highway in rain is that water rises
all the way to the engine mesh. Often water drops end up on the rear
window too. So while it doesn't exactly shower the engine from
underneath water does travel through the engine bay out through the deck
opening (and into an open air filter or velocity stack).
 
Tomas

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From: JDeRyke at aol.com [JDeRyke at aol.com]
Sent: 30/1/2013 1:02:08 AM
To: spkorb at gmail.com; detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Rain Water Ingestion in Velocity Stacks

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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