[DeTomaso] Cold air inlet idea

[Joseph F. Byrd, Jr.]

"when you can measure what 
you are speaking about, . 
you know something about it; 
but when you cannot measure it, . 
your knowledge is of a meagre 
and unsatisfactory kind." Lord Kelvin 1883

in other words, To Measure is to Know.

I have a low pressure digital manometer that I could loan if someone wants
to measure.   The tubing and how to route to the measured points would be
the challenge.   Having one tube's end taped to the gill and the other on
top of the air cleaner would let you know the delta Pressure
https://www.pyleusa.com/digital-manometer-with-11-units-of-measure.html

(I don't have a running Pantera to measure myself)



-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf
Of George B
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2019 19:14 PM
To: detomaso at detomasolist.com; Ken Green
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Cold air inlet idea

All,

I like that idea and was thinking about using a set of original grills and
slotting out the underside of the fins.  If you slotted the length of each
fin it should be more than enough CFM.  I see where a lot of people talk
about needing those big elephant ears to get into the airflow, but when you
look at pictures of string taped to the grills it look laminar.  Don't think
you would get a ton of pressure, but should be something far better than the
vacuum and heat of the original air filter position.  That and it would look
more OEM from the outside of the car...I like sleepers...

Regards,
George

    On Wednesday, December 4, 2019, 1:42:57 PM PST, Rich Hoppe
<richbhoppe at gmail.com> wrote:

   Just curious if anyone has tried to cut slots in the side grill then
  slots in body behind Grill then hole in inner panel to install a cold
  air tube to air cleaner.
  I know kind of an out of the box idea but I don't think the slots in
  the Grill would affect the look of the car as much as the scoops.
  HasA anyone been successful cutting the side Grills without breaking
  them?
  thanks Rich