DeTomaso Mailing List: May 1997, Message #17
     



From: JDeRyke@aol.com

Subject: Re: Earmuffs

Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 02:19:06 -0400 (EDT)



Steve, we had a pretty good Tech Session at Las Vegas, and touched on the

subject of airflow and the Pantera body. It seems generally accepted that the

function of the rear window hole in the deck is to exhaust air from out of

the underside of the car, not to suck cool air into the carb. I blew an oil

filter clean off the block once (long story), and I was told there was a

contrail 50 feet long of oil mist out of the rear window area! Further, the

boundary air at the rear side window is estimated to be several inches thick

(maybe as much as a foot) so any "scoop" positioned there should stick out

significantly, or it'll be useless. The scooped air will then need to be

ducted via a flex-hose or something, to direct it very close to where you

want it to go, or it'll just reverse and go back out over the deck. That

boundary area is such that complete removal of the rear side windows does

nothing to spoil the airflow along the body. Mine are out so I can more

easily clean the rear window glass (and lose 6lbs of weight) J DeRyke