[DeTomaso] Cold air inlet idea

[marshallgsmith]

Am I to assume that the air warms up by 40 to 45 degrees without the scoops connected by the time it reaches the engine while driving??That's a pretty quick warm-up of air while traveling such a short distance through the engine compartment!Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Robert Stroj <npdrs at maui.net> Date: 12/6/19  11:15 AM  (GMT-08:00) To: 'JFFR' <pantera at vtc.net>, detomaso at server.detomasolist.com Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Cold air inlet idea Hi, this is really interesting; reducing intake temperature by 40 degree should be significant!Would you please mind sharing the photo of the car with scoops installed?I would really like to find scoops similar to ones used on this GR4 car (on photo attached) as they look much more integrated compared to some of the big, "boxy" designs I seen.-----Original Message-----From: JFFR [mailto:pantera at vtc.net] Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2019 7:46 AMTo: detomaso at server.detomasolist.comSubject: Re: [DeTomaso] Cold air inlet ideaI have been using a sealed air box that is fed from small side scoops that replaced the rear side windows since 2013. A couple of years ago one of the members on this forum sent me a digital manometer and I did some testing on this system. From 10 mph up to 120 mph there was an increase in air pressure inside of the air box. It wasn't a tremendous amount, but is was definitely a positive pressure. I also attached some yarn to one of the side scoops and by just increasing the engine RPM, the yarn was pulled into the scoop. My own tests which were done using my on board EFI system monitor showed that there was a 40 to 45 degree temperature decrease in the engine inlet air temperature with the air box hoses connected vs them being disconnected. The idea of pulling air into the engine via the side gills will work, but you have to have the system sealed because of the air that is being forced up into the engine compartment from the ground underneath the car. If anyone is interested in looking at my system and testing it themselves, just contact me at the 2020 Fun Rally.
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   Am I to assume that the air warms up by 40 to 45 degrees without the
   scoops connected by the time it reaches the engine while driving??

   That's a pretty quick warm-up of air while traveling such a short
   distance through the engine compartment!

   Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

   -------- Original message --------
   From: Robert Stroj <npdrs at maui.net>
   Date: 12/6/19 11:15 AM (GMT-08:00)
   To: 'JFFR' <pantera at vtc.net>, detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Cold air inlet idea

   Hi, this is really interesting; reducing intake temperature by 40
   degree should be significant!
   Would you please mind sharing the photo of the car with scoops
   installed?
   I would really like to find scoops similar to ones used on this GR4 car
   (on photo attached) as they look much more integrated compared to some
   of the big, "boxy" designs I seen.
   -----Original Message-----
   From: JFFR [mailto:pantera at vtc.net]
   Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2019 7:46 AM
   To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Cold air inlet idea
   I have been using a sealed air box that is fed from small side scoops
   that replaced the rear side windows since 2013. A couple of years ago
   one of the members on this forum sent me a digital manometer and I did
   some testing on this system. From 10 mph up to 120 mph there was an
   increase in air pressure inside of the air box. It wasn't a tremendous
   amount, but is was definitely a positive pressure. I also attached some
   yarn to one of the side scoops and by just increasing the engine RPM,
   the yarn was pulled into the scoop. My own tests which were done using
   my on board EFI system monitor showed that there was a 40 to 45 degree
   temperature decrease in the engine inlet air temperature with the air
   box hoses connected vs them being disconnected. The idea of pulling air
   into the engine via the side gills will work, but you have to have the
   system sealed because of the air that is being forced up into the
   engine compartment from the ground underneath the car. If anyone is
   interested in looking at my system and testing it themselves, just
   contact me at the 2020 Fun Rally.