[DeTomaso] Cold air inlet idea

[Doug]

Do you have a shot of what it looks like with the deck lid down Mark?

Doug Braun
Blue 73L #5505

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From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf
Of MARK CHARLTON
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2019 9:06 AM
To: Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
Cc: detomaso at detomasolist.com; richbhoppe at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Cold air inlet idea

That roof-to-enclosed airbox is exactly what I have on my GR4 clone, and it
works beautifully.

Mark Charlton
mark at markscars.ca <mailto:mark at markscars.ca>

  

> On Dec 4, 2019, at 8:23 PM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com
<mailto:julian_kift at hotmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>   Folks whom have removed the rear quarter window also note outward
>   airflow from the engine bay. A sealed unit air filter with elephant
>   ears has been used succesfuly in the past for cold air intake as I
>   understand. Personally I think the best way to go for cold air on a
>   race car would be a naca duct either at the rear edge of the roof or in
>   the rear quarter panel, then ducted to an enclosed air filter housing.
> 
>   Julian
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>   From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com
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>   Jack DeRyke via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
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>   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Cold air inlet idea
> 
>   Rich, I have not,  but if you want to pursue this, I suggest making an
>   RTV mold of your gill, making a fiberglas/Bondo duplicate, then chop
>   that piece up to see if it's a good idea. OEM gills are quite
>   expensive. Miuras had the same type of gills and those weren't vented
>   either. You can borrow my mold if you'd like to try.
>   I suspect you'll wind up fabricating a whole new set of fins visually
>   similar to gills, to get enough structural strength. Note this will
>   only practically work for pre-Ls without a gas door in the left side,
>   and that the gill is about 2" inboard of any significant air flow past
>   them so they're likely to still be decorative only. In the '80s, the
>   Swedes found that small scoops at that point flowed OUT of the engine
>   bay at speeds below about 120 mph. Elephant- ear scoops were necessary
>   to reverse the natural airflow.
>   My 2-c-- J DeRyke
> 
> 
> 
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Rich Hoppe <richbhoppe at gmail.com <mailto:richbhoppe at gmail.com>>
>   To: detomaso <detomaso at detomasolist.com
<mailto:detomaso at detomasolist.com>>
>   Sent: Wed, Dec 4, 2019 1:42 pm
>   Subject: [DeTomaso] Cold air inlet idea
>     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
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