[DeTomaso] What’s weird....

[Bill Lewis]

Is the picture reversed?  Also, when racing, juggling with the headlights, does one have to also juggle with the windshield wipers?   ---BILL L


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From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of cengles at cox.net <cengles at cox.net>
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] What’s weird....

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:
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>> ...about this photo?
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   Is the picture reversed?  Also, when racing, juggling with the
   headlights, does one have to also juggle with the windshield wipers?
   ---BILL L
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   From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
   cengles at cox.net <cengles at cox.net>
   Sent: Monday, January 22, 2018 3:19 PM
   To: charlesmccall at gmail.com
   Cc: mikeldrew at aol.com; detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] What's weird....

   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
   >>
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