[DeTomaso] What’s weird....

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On 1/22/18, 7:19 AM, "DeTomaso on behalf of cengles at cox.net" <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of cengles at cox.net> wrote:

    Dear Charlie and Mike,
    
    
                 What is weird is the left headlight is up, but not the 
    right.   This seemingly weird arrangement or malfunction is actually one 
    of the only known photos of the Snetterton aerodynamic effect used by a 
    Pantera in competition.  In brief, the long forgotten (for good reasons 
    ) paper by Snetterton during the early days of aerodynamics showed that 
    the asymmetric elevated headlight changed the front downforce to improve 
    turn in for left turns.
    
                 Now, road courses have both left and right turns, so 
    optimizing the Snetterton effect requires the driver to also manage the 
    headlight switch, steering wheel, pedals and gear shifter.   In practice 
    the benefits were meager and the complexity was high.
    
                That is why it is not utilized more often.  That is why the 
    picture looks weird.
    
    
                         Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles
    
                                            Archivist at the Pantera 
    Research Institute
    
    
    
    On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 9:07 AM, Charles McCall wrote:
    
    > We used to call them "pididdles" when I was a kid :-)
    >
    > Was that just me? (one headlight car, in case it was just me!!)
    >
    > On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 4:05 PM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso <
    > detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
    >
    >> ...about this photo?
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> Mike
    >>
    >> Sent from my iPad
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