[DeTomaso] New engine now air scoops

[Asa Jay Laughton]

I thought it was the gill on the -left- (or driver's) side that held the 
gas fill.

Just sayin'
Asa  Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 12/8/2014 2:56 PM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso wrote:
>     In a message dated 12/8/14 13 45 4, guson at home.se writes:
>
>       There's a lot of body metal between the stock fake gills and the
>       engine compartment.
>
>     >>>True.  But there is NO metal between the rear quarter window glass
>     and the engine compartment. :>)
>
>       >Not to mention that the right side gill houses the fuel filler on
>       most cars.
>
>     >>>True, but irrelevant.  The Amerisport grills are solid in the area
>     of the stock body 'gill'/fuel filler on the left side, and body 'gill'
>     on the right side.  They are open in the area of the quarter windows
>     (in front of these two areas).  When the glass and stock 'gills' are
>     removed and they are installed in their place, they merely serve as
>     vents.  If there is no plumbing associated with this modification, it's
>     almost assured that air will flow out from the engine bay through these
>     vents.
>     Some, like John Taphorn (as seen in the most recent Profiles) have
>     carved out metal ducts which will (someday) be attached to hoses
>     connecting them to a sealed airbox, and take the place of the glass
>     windows; once they are hooked up to the work-in-progress airbox, air
>     will then be taken in through the Amerisport grills.  Air will *have*
>     to flow inward because the engine will be creating vacuum and the
>     airbox will be sealed so air can't come from anyplace else.
>     See the attached photo of his passenger side ductwork (grill removed to
>     show it clearly).
>     Mike
>
>
>
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