DeTomaso Mailing List: March 98, Message #130
     



From: 	David Doddek <pantera@pobox.com>

Subject: Re: Belly Pans, etc.

Date: 	Wed, 4 Mar 1998 01:10:00 +0000



At 12:04 PM 3/3/98 -0800, MD wrote:

>

><<<< Of interest to me is your suggestion that the increased vacuum

>will cancal out the rear end pressure and lift. . . because it

>suggests and/or supports what others have said about minimizing the

>need for big rear end spoilers and wings. 

>

>As was suggested by others it takes less money to improve the

>aerodynamics then it does to make dependable power. 

>

>Currently I use both side intakes to ram air into the intake. . . What

>do some of you think of the idea of using just one side intake to ram

>air to the engine and using the other (or another air source to cool

>the block and venting the air out the back of the decklid by adding

>cooling/exhaust vents to the top of the deck lid? Any value added? 

>MD





MD. I dont know enough about what different amounts of air in the engine

bay would do to your lift.  But I have the feeling, that the small amount

of air coming from a vent would not be a problem.  Without the trunk and AC

condensor, the excess air would go out the AC vent.  This is all if you

block off the sugar scoop with plexiglass and block the air flow out that

area.  Remember, it may also be beneficial to add a bolt on rubber skirt

from the rocker pannels down to within an inch of the ground.  You could

also add a rubber skirt around the front under your air dam.  Just take a

look at what the Nascar guys do down low.



Dave D